The high-profile names who could potentially buy TikTok following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law banning the platform in the US.
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.
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.
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 on Friday upheld a law set to ban social media platform TikTok in less than 48 hours.
The company argued that the law, citing potential Chinese threats to the nation’s security, violated its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million users.
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.
The Supreme Court will now decide whether the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court made the right decision in November when it ruled Philadelphia had violated voters rights by rejecting undated ballots in its special election. That ruling, which came days before the November election, was blocked from taking effect in the critical election.
The Supreme Court upheld the deadline for a TikTok ban, leaving users grieving and reminiscing about viral trends and moments.
The Supreme Court upheld a law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner to sell off the app's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban Sunday.
In a briefing filed to the Supreme Court, TikTok said “the government has banned an extraordinary amount of speech”, adding that barring Americans "from operating one of the nation’s most significant speech venues is profoundly unconstitutional". Hello and welcome to our live coverage of a looming TikTok ban in the US.