The Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban TikTok, requiring its parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to American owners or shut it down by Sunday.

The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that could force TikTok to shut down in the United States, potentially cutting off the app's 170 million users within days. The Department of Justice noted that enforcing the law "will be a process that plays out over time,

TikTok’s future in the United States is yet to be seen following a Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way to ban the app Sunday and President-elect Donald Trump’s wish to keep it. The high court unanimously ruled Friday that the divest-or-ban law does not violate TikTok’s or its users’ First Amendment rights.

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.

That’s the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could ... TikTok to break ties with its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, or face a U.S. ban. At the heart of the case is ...

TikTok influencers and creators in Des Moines are bracing for a Supreme Court decision that could strip them of their platforms and followings.

Discover how the TikTok ban affects U.S. users and the potential effect of the incoming Trump Administration on enforcing the ban.

TikTok will go dark in the United States on Sunday unless the White House provides assurances to other social media platforms, the company said late on Friday...

TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago. The possibility the U.S. would outlaw the video-sharing app has kept influencers and users in anxious limbo for more than four of the years since then.

TikTok could go dark in the United States on Sunday, pulling itself offline after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform — but it could be back as early as Monday.

TikTok warned it will go dark in the United States unless President Joe Biden's administration provides assurances to companies like Apple and Google that it will not face enforcement actions when a ban takes effect.

The outcome will affect many across the nation, including local influencers in Mississippi: Taylor Burns and Jessie Whittington. Burns is a fashion and lifestyle TikToker who goes by "Queen Tay" while Whittington makes specialty soap bars for her booming business Country Lather Soaps.