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 ... Experts originally expected the app to at least be removed on Sunday from the Apple and Google app stores — which could face fines under the law for continuing to ...

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 U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell the short-video app by Sunday, as the justices in a 9-0 decision declined to rescue a platform used by about half of all Americans.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

But they hope the app returns as Meta and Google aren't true replacements ... In a concurring opinion, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote, "Whether this law will succeed in achieving ...

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