US Supreme Court Uphold Law To Ban TikTok

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States on 19 January.

In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about the Chinese company owning the app.

With this decision, the ban due to start Sunday, effectively stands even if lawmakers and officials across the political spectrum were calling for some sort of delay.

White House officials have told US media that they would not enforce the ban and leave it up to President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office a day later.

The law was an answer to widespread belief in Washington that the highly popular app could be used by China for spying or propaganda.