Justices reject the Chinese app’s First Amendment challenge to a federal law against “foreign adversary” control.

Now that TikTok has finally reached the end of its legal options in the US to avoid a ban, somehow its future seems less clear than ever. The Supreme Court couldn’t have been more direct: the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,

The Supreme Court unanimously found the new law that could lead to a ban of TikTok does not violate the First Amendment rights of the platform or its users.

In May 2024, President Joe Biden signed a law that would ban TikTok from U.S. app stores on Sunday, Jan. 19, if TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, did not sell the app. ByteDance executives have repeatedly said they are not willing to sell the app.

Donald Trump had asked the Supreme Court to delay TikTok’s ban-or-sale law to give him an opportunity to act once he returns to the White House.

By Andrew Chung, John Kruzel and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it,

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold a law that forces TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership to avert a nationwide ban set to take effect on Sunday, in an opinion issued Friday.

The Supreme Court upheld a law requiring a sale or ban of TikTok, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor disagreed with part of the decision.

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 upheld the law banning TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, couldn't facilitate a sale.

The Supreme Court did not give TikTok a last-minute stay of execution. In an unsigned opinion with no dissents, the justices sided with a lower court that upheld the constitutionality of the law that could ban the popular social media service if it is not sold by midnight Sunday.

This article was updated on Jan. 17 at 12:45 p.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a federal law that will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell off the U.