This article was updated on Jan. 17 at 12:45 p.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a federal law that will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell off the U.

This decision stems from national security concerns over TikTok being owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company, which might be required to share American user data with the Chinese g

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.

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.

Washington — TikTok began restoring service to users in the United States following a temporary and voluntary ... During Supreme Court arguments on Jan. 10, Noel Francisco, a lawyer for TikTok, warned that the platform would shut down when the law ...

The Supreme Court upheld the law that would ban the TikTok app in the United States effective on Sunday ... According to TikTok's attorney Noel Francisco, the platform would "go dark" on Sunday.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday against TikTok’s First Amendment challenge to a law banning the app in the United States starting Sunday, dealing a critical blow to the platform’s U.S. operations.

TikTok resumed operations in the United States on Sunday after President-elect Donald J. Trump announced plans to issue an executive order delaying a federal ban on the app. The development came just hours after major app stores removed TikTok and the app ceased functioning for U.

The United States Supreme Court has upheld a federal law mandating that TikTok divest from its Communist Chinese ownership or be banned in the country.

TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a ... Although TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco stated the site would “go dark” on Sunday if the justices fail to ...

TikTok says it will "go dark" in the United States on Sunday unless the government provides assurances a new law calling for its ban won't be used to punish service

President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.