TikTok’s last stand: Supreme Court hears arguments over potential ban

TikTok has just ten days until it faces a possible ban in the US. If the Supreme Court declines to halt the law before January 19th, and TikTok isn’t spun off from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, companies like Apple and Google will be forced to stop maintaining the app in their app stores or letting it push updates. 

The app’s fate will likely look clearer after Friday, when TikTok and the DOJ are slated to present oral arguments to the Supreme Court over whether the law that could ban TikTok violates the First Amendment. The court declined to stop the clock prior to oral arguments, but left open the possibility of granting a pause after hearing from both sides.