TikTok faces ban in US by Sunday after Supreme Court rejects appeal

The Supreme Court has upheld a law that would ban TikTok in the US unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by 19 January.

ByteDance challenged the law and argued it violates free speech protections for the app’s more than 170 million users in the US.

But that argument was rejected by the nation’s highest court, meaning TikTok must now find an approved buyer for the American version of the app or face a ban.

US officials and lawmakers have accused ByteDance of being linked to the Chinese government and have raised national security concerns over TikTok.