Shares in TikTok competitors were little helped on Friday after the high court let the ban stand, indicating that investors are not convinced it will happen. Today, the United States Supreme Court announced its ruling to uphold the TikTok ban.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew on Friday responded to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law requiring the app to sell its U.S.-based operations to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the U.S. The law will prohibit app stores like Apple’s App Store and Google Play,

In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok rather than the First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.

The Supreme Court upholds the U.S. bill that would essentially ban TikTok. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the Court demonstrated that it was “likely” to rule in favor of banning the application owned by ByteDance.

The Supreme Court rejected TikTok's appeal to halt a law banning the app in the U.S. unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake by Jan. 19.

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company to divest from the app, teeing up a ban set to take effect on Sunday. The justices sided with the Biden

The court held that the risk to national security posed by the app's ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech.

The Supreme Court justices were unanimous in upholding the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent

The Supreme Court upheld a US law that bans TikTok on Jan. 19 unless it is sold to an owner not controlled by a foreign adversary, a ruling that creates new uncertainty for a social-media app used by 170 million Americans.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.