Overview

• The U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a law mandating ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, to sell the app to a non-Chinese entity by January 9, 2025, or face a ban.
• TikTok plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, arguing the law infringes on First Amendment rights and unfairly targets the platform.
• The Chinese government has indicated it would block any sale of TikTok, complicating compliance with the U.S. law.
• President-elect Donald Trump has expressed support for TikTok but faces limited options to prevent the ban, which is set to take effect the day before his inauguration.
• If TikTok is banned, app stores like Apple and Google could face penalties for hosting it, and users would lose access to updates, potentially rendering the app unusable over time.