Facing a looming ban in the United States, TikTok’s fate will be in the hands of the Supreme Court in a case being argued on Friday that pits free speech rights against national security concerns over the widely used short-video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
TikTok and ByteDance, as well as some users who post content on the app, have challenged a law that would compel the sale of the social media platform by Jan. 19 or ban it in the United States. The law was passed by Congress with strong bipartisan support last year and signed by outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden, whose administration is defending it in the case.
