TikTok has announced that it will shut down in the United States on January 19 unless the ban is lifted or delayed by the Supreme Court.
Nakatakdang pakinggan ng Korte Suprema ang oral arguments mula sa TikTok, mga gumagamit nito, at ng Department of Justice tungkol sa posibleng paglabag ng ban sa First Amendment sa Enero 10. Ayon sa Billboard, nakatanggap din ang mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema ng pakiusap mula kay Pangulong-elect Donald Trump na bigyan ang paparating na administrasyon ng panahon upang makahanap ng “political resolution” sa isyu, bagamat hindi pa tiyak kung isasaalang-alang ng Korte Suprema ang pakiusap na ito.
The law was signed by President Joe Biden in April 2024 after approval from broad bipartisan support in Congress. The current government insists that "no one can seriously deny that (China's) control of TikTok through ByteDance is a major threat to national security." They also said that ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, could be forced by Chinese authorities to provide information on users of the platform. However, TikTok maintains that "the administration admits it has no evidence that China ever tried to do this."
Lawyers for TikTok and ByteDance are open to the Trump administration removing the "most severe effects" of the law, but they also noted that shutting down TikTok for even a month would result in the loss of nearly a third of their revenue. daily users in the US as well as revenue from advertising.
