The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a new law that could force TikTok to shut down in the U.S., with conservative and liberal justices alike expressing skepticism about the legal challenge.

The political battle over TikTok heads for a showdown this weekend when a law effectively banning the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. will go into effect unless the Supreme Court intervenes.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh brought up past examples of the U.S. blocking broadcasting companies from having ties to foreign governments and brought up the government’s concerns about TikTok collecting data on U.S. users, which he said “seems like a huge concern for the future of the country.”

Chief Justice John Roberts asked if the Chinese-based ByteDance is using TikTok to get Americans to argue with each other. “If they do, I’d say they’re winning,” Roberts said to laughter ...

The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

The case hinges on whether TikTok can convince Justices that such a mandate violates the First Amendment by forcing a foreign-controlled app to sell or shut down. As of Friday, they have not — and the Court has compelled Tik-Tok to be sold or shuttered this weekend.

TikTok has been "on notice" since 2020, during Donald Trump's first term, that its sale could be required if it couldn’t satisfy national security concerns.View on euronews

Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States if a ban that’s scheduled to go into effect Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

Instead, the court embraced the idea that the law is targeted at TikTok and its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance ... arguments was Chief Justice John Roberts, who repeatedly suggested ...

Instead, the court embraced the idea that the law is targeted at TikTok and its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, through the divestiture ... note during those arguments was Chief Justice John Roberts, who repeatedly suggested that the court might ...

TikTok is considering alternative solutions to selling its US business, as owner ByteDance continues the fight to keep its 170 million American users after a reprieve from the Trump administration, a board member of ByteDance was quoted by Chinese magazine Caixin as saying.

Social-media giant ByteDance, China's most valuable unicorn, on Thursday unveiled its Seed Edge initiative, a long-term artificial intelligence (AI) research programme that is expected to shore up the TikTok owner's efforts in the fast-developing technology.