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 shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.
The Supreme Court said it may announce opinions on Friday, a last-minute addition that comes just two days before a law that would ban TikTok is set to go into effect.
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 shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.
The US Supreme Court has refused to rescue TikTok from a law that required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned on Sunday in the United States on national security grounds – a major blow to a platform used by nearly half of all Americans.
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The United States Supreme Court is poised to announce a critical decision on Friday that could determine the future of TikTok in the country. The app, immensely popular among Americans, faces a potential ban due to concerns over national security and data privacy.
However, Noel Francisco, an attorney for TikTok, told the Supreme Court the platform would "go dark" on Sunday unless the law was blocked. “Essentially the platform shuts down," he said during ...
The high court doesn't announce which opinions it is releasing. But the justices are up against a Sunday deadline for TikTok to cut ties with China.
The Supreme Court stated on Friday: "Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address well-founded national security concerns about TikTok's data collection practices and its relationship with a foreign adversary." Noel Francisco ...
Looming over the Supreme Court's TikTok decision is what could happen after Donald Trump takes office. Trump promised to "save" the popular platform.