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Supreme Court Signals It’s Likely to Uphold TikTok Ban in US

A majority of justices suggested they see US national security concerns as overriding the free speech interests of the companies and a group of content creators.
US president Joe Biden signed a spending bill for the coming year that included a section banning TikTok from federal government devices.
A decision upholding the ban would open a tumultuous period for TikTok, ByteDance and the video-sharing app’s 170 million US users. (Shutterstock)

Supreme Court justices signalled they are likely to uphold a law that would ban the popular social media platform TikTok in the US if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company by Jan. 19.

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