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The company says it plans to go dark after the Supreme Court upheld a sell-or-ban law, but Trump could intervene.

The United States Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday that will force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or face a ban. However, the future of the platform is still unclear. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) praised the court's decision,

Even if the controversial U.S. ban on TikTok does take effect on Jan. 19, the app won't automatically vanish from phones. Here's what would change, plus preparations and potential work-arounds.

Some of the 170 million Americans who use TikTok say the court has never confronted a free speech case that matters to so many people.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

The platform appealed to the Biden administration to provide assurances to companies like Apple and Google that they will not face enforcement actions when the ban takes effect this Sunday.

Supreme Court upholds the TikTok ban. Biden admin leaves it in the hands of President-elect Trump, and TikTok is now byte-ing its time

The ruling is expected to go down as among the most consequential court decisions of the digital media age.

TikTok has fought the ban, most recently before the Supreme Court. Free-speech advocates contend that the ban would violate First Amendment rights. But the justices sided with the government on January 17,

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.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2024 law banning the radioactive short-form video app unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, finds an American buyer by Jan. 19. Lawmakers in favor of shutting down TikTok cite national security risks;