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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, App May Shut Down Jan. 19 in the U.S.
The Supreme Court rejected TikTok's appeal to halt a law banning the app in the U.S. unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake by Jan. 19.
TikTok could fade to black in the U.S. in a matter of days after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal to halt a law that will ban the popular video app as of Jan. 19 unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake. Meanwhile, Trump has invited TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to attend the incoming president’s Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, D.C., and to “sit in a position of honor on the dais,” per the New York Times. But the Supreme Court sided with the law’s backers, who have claimed TikTok represents a national security threat because Beijing-based ByteDance is subject to oversight by the Chinese Communist Party.
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