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The US Supreme Court has upheld a law banning TikTok nationwide unless China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by Sunday.
TikTok challenged the law, arguing it would violate free speech protections for the app’s more than 170 million users in the US.
But that argument was rejected by the nation’s highest court, meaning TikTok must now find an approved buyer for the US version of the app or face being removed from app stores and web hosting services.
However, the Biden administration and incoming President Donald Trump are trying to work out a break from the platform, which US officials have warned poses a national security risk.
Both Democrats and Republicans voted to ban the video-sharing app last year over concerns about its ties to the Chinese government. TikTok has repeatedly stated that it does not share information with Beijing.
The law gives TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, until January 19 to sell the US version of the platform to a neutral party to avoid a full ban.
It would mean that starting Sunday, Apple and Google will no longer offer the app to new users or provide security updates to existing users, which could eventually kill it.
The company has vowed not to sell TikTok.
