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

If Trump signs an executive order overturning the TikTok ban, it would give the app “more leeway” to find a buyer as it works its way through the courts, one legal expert tells TheWrap The post TikTok in Limbo: What Happens to Creators – and Can Trump Save Them?

By HALELUYA HADERO The possibility of the U.S. outlawing TikTok kept influencers and users in anxious limbo during the four-plus years that lawmakers and judges debated the fate of the

In May 2024, President Joe Biden signed a law that would ban TikTok from U.S. app stores on Sunday, Jan. 19, if TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, did not sell the app. ByteDance executives have repeatedly said they are not willing to sell the app.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a law mandating TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest ownership, citing national security concerns. The ruling affirms the First Amendment isn't violated by the measure,

The US Supreme Court has upheld the Biden administration's TikTok ban, effective January 19, one day before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. With the Supreme Court's decision, TikTok's legal options are exhausted,

The statement came hours after the Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.

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.