Say goodbye to your favorite app. After hearing arguments from the Department of Justice, ByteDance, and TikTok users last Friday, the Supreme Court says it will uphold the nationwide TikTok ban slated for January 19.

The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on Sunday,9. The decision marks the end of TikTok’s months-long legal

Now that TikTok has finally reached the end of its legal options in the US to avoid a ban, somehow, its future seems less clear than ever. The Supreme Court couldn’t have been more direct: the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.

ByteDance has so far rebuffed the idea of selling TikTok. But the lawyer for the US government told the Supreme Court that a ban might be just the “jolt” needed to persuade it to consider the idea, noting that restrictions could be lifted once a deal materialises.

The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that the app TikTok owned by China’s ByteDance must sell itself or be banned in the U.S.

After hearing arguments on Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to uphold the law, meaning that TikTok will be banned effective if the parent company ByteDance does not sell the company by Sunday.

With the ban upheld by the Supreme Court and the Biden administration leaving, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is banking on Trump to save the app in the US.

Editor’s Note: As the Supreme Court has upheld the U.S. TikTok ban, many organizations that have been active on the platform, including Scientific American, are adapting to this shift. We want to let you know that you can still find our videos on Instagram and YouTube.

Justices shot down concerns from the app and content creators that the law violates their First Amendment rights.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.