US Supreme Court justices appeared sceptical about TikTok’s efforts to throw out a federal “divest-or-ban” law on Friday, as the social media platform warned it could “go dark” in one of its biggest markets in nine days’ time.
The oral arguments on Friday centred on whether to allow a law to take effect that would compel TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to divest the platform by January 19 — the day before Donald Trump is inaugurated as president — or face a nationwide ban.
The legislation, passed with strong bipartisan support last year, was spurred by concerns that the video platform, which has exploded in popularity among teens and now counts 170mn US users, could be wielded by Beijing for espionage purposes or to spread propaganda.
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