Fisher fights creators’ cornerpublished at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time
Liv McMahon
Technology reporter
Judges seemed perhaps more enthused by Professor Fisher’s
arguments representing concerned content creators than they did with TikTok’s
lawyer – at least for those like me, who are listening in from afar and can’t
see their facial expressions.
Among his arguments were that there were ways the US could
continue in its tradition of legislation creating disclosure around foreign
company risks and ownership in the case of TikTok, rather than ban it
altogether.
He also asked why TikTok was being singled out in the law,
unlike fellow Chinese-owned app Temu.
But some judges did want to get to the heart of what makes
TikTok so special.
Justice Alito in particular questioned the notion that ByteDance
had managed to concoct some kind of “magic” algorithm that couldn’t
be replicated by others.
He appeared dismissive of Fisher’s contention that creators he
represents have expressed struggles to build the same followings and success on
other platforms. Rivals are only just managing to catch up to TikTok, said
Fisher.
But by and large, his arguments, among which was the suggestion
that there was a different way forward than the law being tussled over today,
seemed better-met – and led into a series of tough questions for Solicitor
General Elizabeth B Prelogar.
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