Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.

The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day and broad political implications for President-elect Donald Trump.

In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok rather than the First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.

Although President-elect Donald Trump could choose to not enforce the law, it’s unclear whether third-party internet service providers will support the app.

The "Art of the Deal" president-elect had urged the Supreme Court to pause the ban to give him time to "negotiate a resolution." Once in office, Trump could direct his attorney general not to enforce the law. But it's uncertain if Apple, Google and other ...

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

prompting TikTok’s quick appeal to the Supreme Court. Without a sale to an approved buyer, the law bars app stores operated by Apple, Google and others from offering TikTok beginning Sunday. Internet hosting services also will be prohibited from hosting ...

The Supreme Court upholds the U.S. bill that would essentially ban TikTok. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the Court demonstrated that it was “likely” to rule in favor of banning the application owned by ByteDance.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law requiring TikTok ... shutting down the app entirely if the ban goes into effect Sunday. Apple and Google did not immediately respond to questions about whether they plan to keep TikTok on their app ...

Donald Trump had asked the Supreme Court to delay TikTok’s ban-or-sale law to give him an opportunity to act once he returns to the White House.

The Supreme Court noted in its opinion that ... Rather, it prohibits Apple and Google’s app stores and web hosting services from distributing TikTok in the U.S. (under penalty of monetary fines) unless ByteDance sells its ownership stake in the app ...

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