US Supreme Court paves the way for TikTok ban – What’s next for millions of users?

The US Supreme Court dealt a blow to TikTok on Friday (January 17), refusing to block a law that mandates the popular video app to either be sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States on national security grounds. This decision has serious implications for TikTok, which is used by nearly half of Americans.

In a unanimous ruling, the justices upheld the law, passed with broad bipartisan support in Congress last year and signed by President Joe Biden.