The Supreme Court upheld a law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner to sell off the app's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban Sunday.

The ban is aimed at whipping up anti-Chinese hatred in preparation for a US war, and stepping up state and media censorship of socialist and anti-war views.

Few surprises emerged in the Supreme Court arguments over the Protecting Americans Act, which demands that ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner of TikTok, either divest from the social media platform or face a ban.

After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will take effect in nine days.

Over the last few months, though, arguments around potential national security risks emerged due to the company's ties to China. Fast forward to last Friday, the Supreme Court appeared moved to support a law that could see TikTok banned in the US from Sunday, January 19, unless the platform is sold by its China-based parent company.

A second argument, pressed by several justices and particularly by Chief Justice John Roberts, is that the TikTok ban is lawful because Congress wasn’t really motivated by a desire to restrict ...

Chief Justice John Roberts asked if the Chinese-based ByteDance is using TikTok to get Americans to argue with each other. “If they do, I’d say they’re winning,” Roberts said to laughter in the court. But there didn’t seem to be a lot of argument ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned why they should intervene to block a law forcing the sale of TikTok in nine days.

Ahead of a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been flocking to RedNote as well as Lemon8, TikTok's sister app.

Justices spent more than two hours arguing over whether a ban on the app would be infringing on the First Amendment

After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will ... Chief Justice John Roberts joked that if ByteDance ...

When asked, for instance, about Chinese censorship of Twitter in 2009 ... approving on Friday a law that would shut off access to TikTok, the U.S. is poised to conduct the exact kind of internet ...