Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.
That decision shifts the focus to whether President-elect Donald Trump can intervene after he takes office on Monday.
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.
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, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.
The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
The Supreme Court rejected TikTok's appeal to halt a law banning the app in the U.S. unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake by Jan. 19.
As the U.S. TikTok ban proceeds, fans need to find other short-video apps to use. Here are the ones that are most popular right now.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled against TikTok's bid to avoid a ban that could shut the app down in just two days and impact millions of users who rely on the platform for entertainment, ecommerce and ad dollars.
With a TikTok ban likely to move forward after the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Friday, content creators are sharing their concerns.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law passed in Congress that bans TikTok, which could lead to 3.7 million users in Michigan losing the use of the app as soon as Sunday. The court's decision shifts focus to President-elect Donald Trump, who still can intervene after he is sworn into office on Monday.
Experts have said the app will not disappear from existing users’ phones once the law takes effect Sunday, but TikTok said it would shut down the platform in the United States by the deadline.
The app may shut down this Sunday in the United States