TikTok's fate in Trump's hands as US Supreme Court upholds ban

TikTok's fate in Trump's hands as US Supreme Court upholds ban

A man leaves the U.S. headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, U.S. January 17, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson

The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.

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