Starting Sunday, if the company is not sold, app stores and cloud providers who continue to host it will face billions of dollars in fines.

Noel Francisco, who argued on behalf of TikTok and ByteDance, said the potential Supreme Court decision is "enormously consequential" for the platform's 170 million users in the U.S. and their ...

In an unanimous ruling handed down on Friday morning, January 17 in TikTok v. Merrick B. Garland, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a TikTok ban that is scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, January 19 unless ByteDance — the video sharing platform's owner in Mainland China — divests itself.

The United States Supreme Court is poised to announce a critical decision on Friday that could determine the future of TikTok in the country. The app, immensely popular among Americans, faces a potential ban due to concerns over national security and data privacy.

TikTok, ByteDance and several users of the app sued to halt the ban, arguing it would suppress free speech for the millions of Americans who use the platform.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.

The Supreme Court upheld the law that would ban ... According to TikTok's attorney Noel Francisco, the platform would "go dark" on Sunday. “Essentially the platform shuts down," he said.

The TikTok situation highlights the complexity of enforcing regulation compliance on digital platforms supported by companies with global reach and operations. The outcome of TikTok's legal battles will influence future cases involving data privacy, national security and foreign ownership of digital platforms.

All eyes are on the Supreme Court this week as the justices ... “That whole notion is at war with the First Amendment,” Noel Francisco, TikTok’s attorney, said of the law at Friday’s ...

After a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer granted local governments broad new authority to clear homeless camps, the mayors of the Bay Area’s three major cities vowed to ramp up sweeps. San Jose and Oakland appear to be making good on that promise by escalating encampment enforcement in recent months,

Users in the U.S. who opened the app were greeted with a message that read, "Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now."

The Supreme Court upheld a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States. Here's what to know about the potential ban.