The Supreme Court upheld a law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner to sell off the app's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban Sunday.

Few surprises emerged in the Supreme Court arguments over the Protecting Americans Act, which demands that ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner of TikTok, either divest from the social media platform or face a ban.

The ban is aimed at whipping up anti-Chinese hatred in preparation for a US war, and stepping up state and media censorship of socialist and anti-war views.

Chief Justice John Roberts said the federal law was “not a burden on” TikTok and its users’ “expression at all,” arguing Congress was fine with users’ speech on the app but just not a ...

Over the last few months, though, arguments around potential national security risks emerged due to the company's ties to China. Fast forward to last Friday, the Supreme Court appeared moved to support a law that could see TikTok banned in the US from Sunday, January 19, unless the platform is sold by its China-based parent company.

After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will take effect in nine days.

Chief Justice John Roberts asked if the Chinese-based ByteDance is using TikTok to get Americans to argue with each other. “If they do, I’d say they’re winning,” Roberts said to laughter ...

The high court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, has been hiring for a surprising position in recent days: English-language content moderators.

“The Constitution imposes an extraordinarily high bar on this kind of mass censorship ... him to a position on TikTok that does serve the national interest. Steven Roberts teaches politics ...

The US Supreme Court appeared likely on Friday to uphold a law that would force TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it

Ahead of a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been flocking to RedNote as well as Lemon8, TikTok's sister app.