NBC News reports:
The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a blow to TikTok by upholding a law that could potentially lead to the video-sharing social media platform being banned in the United States. The justices rejected a free speech challenge filed by the company, meaning the law is set to go into effect on Sunday as planned.
The bipartisan law requires China-based TikTok owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Sunday, the day before President-elect Donald Trump is to take office. If no sale takes place, the platform used by millions of Americans will in theory be banned.
In what is a fast-changing situation, it is unclear what will happen at that point as there are signs that Trump may seek to keep the app available. The Biden administration has also signaled it will not take any action to enforce the law on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court upholds the law banning TikTok beginning Sunday if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company. pic.twitter.com/GiNaTROqxB
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