The court heard oral arguments on TikTok’s bid to block a law that would lead to its ban in the U.S. starting Jan. 19 if it isn’t sold by its Chinese owner.

The lawyer for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance offered a warning during Supreme Court arguments over a law that would compel the sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States: If Congress could do this to TikTok,

Congress labeled the app’s Chinese ownership a national security risk and passed a law that would ban the social media platform unless it was sold. TikTok and creators say that violates their free speech rights.

The justices are hearing arguments to decide whether the Chinese-owned app must shut down by Jan. 19

On Friday, the nation’s highest court heard arguments on whether to uphold or block a law that could effectively ban TikTok​ in the U.S. The bill, signed into law by President Biden in April 2024, gives TikTok’s parent company ByteDance until January 19 to divest its U.

The Supreme Court appeared to favor the government's national security claims over TikTok's 1st Amendment argument.

As Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in a case that could ban TikTok in the U.S., creators outside the court said losing the platform would be devastating.

The Supreme Court's nine justices heard arguments on Friday in a challenge by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app by Jan.

TikTok ran into a wave of skepticism Friday when it urged the Supreme Court to strike down a law that could end its presence in the U.S. in one of the most high-profile standoffs of the social media era.