TikTok’s Fate Arrives at Supreme Court
Unless something changes, TikTok plans to be shut down in the U.S. by January 19. This would require the Supreme Court intervening and forcing a sale of the platform by its Chinese parent company. President-elect Trump, who is set to take office one day after the proposed shutdown, has suggested that the court delay the ban for a possible “political resolution.” TikTok plans to shut down in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court intervenes in a law aimed at forcing its sale by its Chinese parent company. President-elect Trump has requested the court to delay the ban to allow for a “political resolution” and avoid a definitive decision. Lawyers for TikTok and owner ByteDance have said that just a month of a shutdown would result in losing one-third of daily U.S. users and a large amount of advertising revenue.
Source: WFTV.com