The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.

The Supreme Court appeared ready to uphold a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owners don't sell the widly popular platform.

The high court was highly skeptical that the difference between false and misleading would overturn a Chicago man’s conviction, but some of the justices seemed open to allowing the opportunity.

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold a controversial ban on TikTok over concerns about its ties to China, with justices lobbing pointed questions at lawyers for the social media app and a group of its content creators.

TikTok is reportedly prepared to shut down its app on Sunday, when the ban is scheduled to take effect, though the actual language of the law technically only mandates that the social media platform be taken off of app stores to prevent new users from downloading it.

Most Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical that free speech online is “imperiled” by a Texas law requiring porn websites to verify ages.

The U.S. 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.

Welcome to The Marble Palace Blog. I am Tony Mauro, and I have covered the Supreme Court since 1979 and for ALM since 2000. I retired in 2019, but in 2021 I launched a blog focusing on the court's history and mysteries, its quirks and its clerks, among other topics. I welcome tips and comments at [email protected].

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed concerns Friday that the divest-or-ban law targeting TikTok might not “achieve its goals.” Gorsuch warned that foreign adversaries could ultimately turn to another application for surveillance of U.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.

With just days left in office, President Biden has said the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.