The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban of the popular video-sharing app in the United States. The ruling underscores growing national security concerns tied to TikTok’s data collection practices and alleged links to the Chinese government,

US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called on Congress or the judiciary’s committee responsible for drafting rules for federal courts to address the government’s use of classified evidence that’s shielded from litigants.

The Supreme Court seemed to lean Thursday toward upholding a law forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell off TikTok, with all nine justices indicating national security concerns posed by the social media app outweighed potential threats to free speech.

The federal law was the culmination of a yearslong saga over TikTok, which the government sees as a national security threat due to its connections in China.

The justices found the government’s concerns over potential privacy abuses at TikTok persuasive, especially if users oblige the TikTok app’s requests for contacts and calendar data.

Justice Gorsuch objected to "the government's attempt ... Unfortunately, most of the Court seemed sufficiently persuaded that forcing ByteDance—a foreign company that does not itself enjoy ...

TikTok has been "on notice" since 2020, during Donald Trump's first term, that its sale could be required if it couldn’t satisfy national security concerns.View on euronews

WASHINGTON ( NewsNation) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Friday as TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, makes a final attempt to block an impeding ban on the social media platform set to take effect in nine days.

TikTok is reportedly prepared to shut down its app on Sunday, when the ban is scheduled to take effect, though the actual language of the law technically only mandates that the social media platform be taken off of app stores to prevent new users from downloading it.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.

The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal against a law that bans the video-sharing app in the country unless it is sold.