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SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban
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.S.
toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the federal government can legally shut down TikTok in the U.S., delivering a stunning blow to the viral video app used by about half of Americans. The ruling follows an emergency hearing held last week in which justices appeared skeptical that the free speech rights of millions of American TikTok users should surpass the national security risk Congress says China poses. He filed a brief with the Supreme Court ahead of last week's oral arguments asking that the justices delay a ruling to provide him time for his administration to cut a "negotiated solution" that would resolve the national security concerns.
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