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 shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.

The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day and broad political implications for President-elect Donald Trump.

The "Art of the Deal" president-elect had urged the Supreme Court to pause the ban to give him time to "negotiate a resolution." Once in office, Trump could direct his attorney general not to enforce the law. But it's uncertain if Apple, Google and other ...

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.

prompting TikTok’s quick appeal to the Supreme Court. Without a sale to an approved buyer, the law bars app stores operated by Apple, Google and others from offering TikTok beginning Sunday. Internet hosting services also will be prohibited from hosting ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh brought up past examples of the U.S. blocking broadcasting companies from having ties to foreign governments and brought up the government’s concerns about TikTok collecting data on U.S. users, which he said “seems like a huge concern for the future of the country.”

The Supreme Court upholds the U.S. bill that would essentially ban TikTok. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the Court demonstrated that it was “likely” to rule in favor of banning the application owned by ByteDance.

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court could announce the fate of TikTok ... But it's uncertain if Apple, Google and any other conduits for the app will feel that’s enough protection from the law ...

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law requiring TikTok ... shutting down the app entirely if the ban goes into effect Sunday. Apple and Google did not immediately respond to questions about whether they plan to keep TikTok on their 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.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning upheld the law banning TikTok that is set to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19

Although President-elect Donald Trump could choose to not enforce the law, it’s unclear whether third-party internet service providers will support the app.