The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. by this Sunday unless its Chinese owner sells it. The Court said TikTok's popularity made it a threat to national security.
The company says it plans to go dark after the Supreme Court upheld a sell-or-ban law, but Trump could intervene.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to be forced to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.
The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.
The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day and broad political implications for President-elect Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it may release an electronic opinion on the TikTok ban at 10 a.m. EST Friday.
Say goodbye to your favorite app. After hearing arguments from the Department of Justice, ByteDance, and TikTok users last Friday, the Supreme Court says it will uphold the nationwide TikTok ban slated for January 19.
With neither the Supreme Court nor the Biden administration having intervened, TikTok's CEO addressed Trump in his reaction to the ban being upheld.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew released a video following the court’s decision to uphold the law that can potentially ban the app in America.
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled against TikTok, upholding the law banning the social media app in the U.S., which will go into effect on Jan. 19. Five students at the University of Utah who use the app daily shared their thoughts on TikTok and the upcoming ban.