Unless the app is sold by its China-based parent company, federal law banning the app will be upheld.

US Justice Department lawyer says Chinese government control of TikTok poses a “grave threat” to US national security.

The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. The Supreme Court last week heard arguments from the company, ByteDance, that the law should be stopped because it was a violation of free speech.

The US Supreme Court delivered the ruling on Friday, eight months after President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure.

The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. The Supreme Court last week heard arguments from the company, ByteDance, that the law should be stopped because it was a violation of free speech.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday in its challenge to a federal law that would have required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned in the United States on Jan. 19.

There are concerns over national security over the app, which has 170 million users in America.

The Supreme Court upheld a federal law that President Joe Biden signed in April that will shut down TikTok on Jan. 19, 2025.

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the platform or face a ban in the U.S., raising the prospect that the social media app goes “dark” Sunday for its 170 million users in the country.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday, upholding the U.S. sell-or-ban legislation on TikTok, set to be enacted this Sunday.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Friday voted unanimously to leave in place a law that would ban TikTok from U.S. app stores unless it s Chinese parent company divests from the platform and sells it to an American firm by Sunday.

With Biden reportedly planning to skirt enforcement and kick the can to Trump, this saga might still not be over

TikTok is to be banned across the United States from this Sunday (January 19) if it is not sold, the Supreme Court has ruled.

WASHINGTON (AP) —The Supreme Court ‘s decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform used by 170...

While alternatives have emerged recently, this ruling should be and is the final say on whether the TikTok ban will actually go into effect.

Incoming President Donald Trump has pledged his support for the app.

The court has ruled that a controversial ban on TikTok can take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal that the ban violated the First Amendment.

Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, already banned in India, is one of the most prominent social media platforms in the United States, used by about 270 million Americans - roughly half the country's population.

The law will come into effect starting January 19 amid concerns over the risk to national security posed by its ties to China.

The Biden administration will not take action on the US TikTok ban, leaving it in the hands of Donald Trump, a report claims.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

President Joe Biden reportedly will not enforce the TikTok ban slated to go into effect Sunday, putting the issue in Donald Trump's hands.

Legislation banning the social media app on US soil takes effect Sunday, but the incoming president signals willingness to delay enforcement

An anonymous reader shares a report: The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by th...

With the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the law banning TikTok beginning Jan. 19th, what happens next is up to incoming POTUS Donald Trump.

Although TikTok will remain on the devices of existing users, new downloads and updates will be blocked once the law takes effect on January 19.

Shutting down a communications platform or forcing its reorganization based on concerns of foreign propaganda and anti-national manipulation is an eminently anti-democratic tactic, one that the US

US President-elect Donald Trump is set to intervene to save TikTok before a ban on app was due to take effect this weekend, the new administration wants to keep it.

The decision leaves the app’s fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.

The White House has confirmed President Biden will not enforce the TikTok ban set to take effect Sunday.

Trump’s return to the White House could decide whether TikTok stays or disappears for 170 million US users.

Incoming US president Donald Trump said Friday that the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a congressional ban on TikTok should be respected but he "must have time" to decide on whether to enforce the ruling.

Trump told reporters that the law banning TikTok "ultimately goes up to me, so you're going to see what I'm going to do" after taking office.

Some TikTok users broke down in tears and engaged in profanity-laced rants after the Supreme Court upheld a law to ban the social media app if it is not sold.

Tick… tock.

Currently looking for ways to keep the app's availability in the U.S., and is expected to leave it to the next government to implement the ban.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.