Following the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. if it's not sold by Sunday, rumors of prospective buyers for the popular social media platform continue to float online.
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.
TikTok will be banned in the US on 19 January - unless the Supreme Court accepts a last ditch legal bid from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, that to do so would be unconstitutional.
TikTok’s time will expire on Jan. 19 if no buyer is found or the Supreme Court rules in the app’s favor. Here’s what to know.
The platform is in need of saving in the United States, where approximately 170 million people have TikTok accounts. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that will ban the platform on Jan. 19 unless TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance divests its U.S. operations.
MrBeast is part of a growing list of individuals and businesses that have expressed interesting in purchasing TikTok.
TikTok will be blocked in the United States on January 19 unless there is a last-minute change, according to the Supreme Court.
Reports suggest Chinese officials are considering selling part of TikTok to Elon Musk to keep the platform operational in the U.S.
In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok over First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last Friday from TikTok, which claims the ban is a breach of American's First Amendment rights. And after more than a week, the court handed down its decision to uphold law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.
The Supreme Court has decided to uphold the law that will ban TikTok on Jan. 19 if its parent company ByteDance continues to refuse to sell the app before then.