The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a new law that could force TikTok to shut down in the U.S., with conservative and ...

Chief Justice John Roberts said to TikTok’s lawyer, Noel Francisco, who served as U.S. solicitor general in the first Trump administration.

Banning TikTok or forcing its divestiture from Chinese control is a gift to America. It’s best that this happens as soon as ...

Chief Justice John Roberts asked if the Chinese-based ByteDance is using TikTok to get Americans to argue with each other. “If they do, I’d say they’re winning,” Roberts said to laughter ...

A majority of the justices appeared more concerned about the national security implications of the popular app’s Chinese ownership than about the restrictions on free speech the law would impose.

Chief Justice John Roberts asked TikTok's attorney. If the court backs the law, attention will turn to President-elect Donald Trump. More:Who could buy TikTok to avoid app's ban? Newest name being ...

In 2022, Congress and Biden also approved a bill banning TikTok on U.S. government devices, over similar national security ...

Under a bipartisan law passed by Congress in April, the video-based app used by 170 million Americans must be sold or shut down in the U.S. by Jan. 19.

Chief Justice John Roberts said after TikTok’s lawyer, Noel Francisco, said the app’s U.S. subsidiary enjoyed some autonomy from its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance.

“Congress doesn’t care about what’s on TikTok,” Chief Justice John Roberts said. “They don’t care about the expression. That’s shown by the remedy. They’re not saying TikTok has to sto ...

Roberts raises the national security concerns of ByteDance working from China. “Do you dispute that ByteDance has ultimate control” of TikTok? Francisco does dispute it, but he says ...

“TikTok collects vast swaths of data about ... Several key justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, worried about the potential national security concerns ...