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US Supreme Court upholds law that prohibits the app

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law banning TikTok nationwide unless China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by Sunday.

TikTok has challenged the law, arguing that it violates free speech protections for the app’s more than 170 million users in the United States.

But that argument was rejected by the country’s highest court, meaning TikTok must now find an approved buyer for the US version of the app or face removal from app stores and web hosting services.

However, the outgoing Biden administration and incoming President Donald Trump are trying to reach a reprieve for the platform, which US authorities have warned poses a national security risk.

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers voted to ban the video-sharing app last year, over concerns about its links to the Chinese government. TikTok has repeatedly stated that it does not share information with Beijing.

The law gives ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, until January 19 to sell the American version of the platform to a neutral party to avoid a total ban.

This means that as of Sunday, Apple and Google will no longer offer the app to new users or provide any security updates to existing users, which could eventually lead to it being shut down.

The company pledged not to sell TikTok.

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2025-01-17 15:52:00

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