T he fate of TikTok in the United States will soon be in the hands of the Supreme Court, as the Justices hear oral arguments Friday over a law that could shut down the popular social media platform.

WASHINGTON − Some of the 170 million Americans who use TikTok to sell cookies, promote books by Black authors, comment on sports, advocate for sexual assault survivors and more say the stakes couldn’t be higher when the Supreme Court on Friday debates the fate of the wildly popular short-form video app.

The Supreme Court will convene for a rare oral argument session on Friday to consider a set of landmark cases that could permanently alter the way millions of people consume online content. TikTok, the video-based social media app used by more than 160 million users in the United States,