The Supreme Court hears TikTok's case to toss out a ban just nine days before it will take effect. The Biden administration defends the measure on national security grounds.

TikTok’s lawyer says the U.S. government has not presented evidence that China has attempted to manipulate content on the platform.

After that, the app won't vanish from your phone — but TikTok will become much harder to use Within days, TikTok could be banned from being distributed in the United States and, eventually, stop working as an app altogether if the U.

ByteDance announced TikTok plans to end United States operations if the app hasn’t found a buyer by January 19.

The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.

The law that could ban TikTok is coming before the Supreme Court. The justices largely hold the app’s fate in their hands as they hear the case Friday.

Most of the justices seemed unpersuaded by TikTok's arguments against the ban on the company—but that doesn’t meant TikTok is gone forever (cue Donald Trump...)

Congress, which passed the TikTok law with bipartisan support, says China’s influence over the platform poses a national security threat. The Department of Justice has raised concerns as well, including the potential collection of personal data from the app’s millions of American users and the potential “ covert manipulation ” of its content.

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of upholding a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will not allow TikTok,

The full scope of how the ban would impact TikTok’s user functions is still unclear, as a lawyer arguing on behalf of the app said it would go dark by Jan. 19.

The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Friday to uphold a law that would force a sale or ban the popular short-video app TikTok in the United States by Jan. 19, with the justices focusing on the national security concerns about China that prompted the crackdown.