The US Supreme Courtroom has upheld a regulation that bans TikTok nationwide except its China-based guardian firm ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday.
TikTok had challenged the regulation, arguing it might violate free speech protections for the app’s greater than 170 million customers it says it has within the US.
However that argument was rejected by the nation’s highest court docket, which means TikTok should now discover an accredited purchaser for the US model of the app or face being faraway from app shops and webhosting companies.
Nevertheless, the outgoing Biden administration and incoming President Donald Trump have been making an attempt to work out a reprieve for the platform, which US authorities have warned poses a nationwide safety danger.
