Supreme Court Upholds Law That Bans TikTok If Its Chinese Parent Company Does Not Divest

The White House says it will be on the Trump administration to implement the law that requires the app to be sold or banned.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 turned away TikTok’s request to halt a federal law requiring indirect owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Jan. 19 or cease U.S. operations.

The nation’s highest court took action in the fast-tracked case seven days after oral arguments on Jan. 10 in TikTok Inc. v. Garland and its companion case, Firebaugh v. Garland.