TikTok, ByteDance and Supreme Court

RIP TikTok: Remembering the ByteDance app after US Supreme Court ban
First launched in the United States in 2018, the app quickly became the most downloaded social and entertainment app in the world. By 2020, when Americans were looking for ways to
TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban
The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
Supreme Court appears ready to uphold law forcing TikTok’s sale from ByteDance
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.
Supreme Court backs the TikTok ban. TikTok must be sold or it will be banned this weekend
After hearing arguments on Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to uphold the law, meaning that TikTok will be banned effective if the parent company ByteDance does not sell the company by Sunday.
ByteDance is sticking point for Supreme Court as TikTok ban looms
Here is what Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Kentanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts said about TikTok's Chinese parent company.
Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, But That's Not the End of the Story
Political shifts and legal hurdles have delayed TikTok's removal, with Biden reportedly kicking the issue to Trump.
TikTok goes dark in the US with a bunch of other ByteDance apps
TikTok has shut down in the US, and the app is no longer available to download on mobile. The company has now pinned its hopes on President-elect Donald Trump.
Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, App May Shut Down Jan. 19 in the U.S.
The Supreme Court rejected TikTok's appeal to halt a law banning the app in the U.S. unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake by Jan. 19.
It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too
But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users. Shortly before the federally mandated January 19 deadline, TikTok cut off access to anyone attempting to access the app from the US.
Not just TikTok - Which other ByteDance apps have been banned in the US?
TikTok is not the only app to be banned in the US. Seven other apps owned by TikTok's parent company ByteDance, have also gone dark
CapCut, a Video-Editing App From ByteDance, Returns for U.S. Users
Other apps from the company behind TikTok, including CapCut and Lemon8, went dark this weekend before flickering back. The federal law banning TikTok also applies to them.
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As Supreme Court ponders fate of TikTok, ByteDance has a backup plan
TikTok's parent company is asking the Supreme Court to halt a law that would require the company to sell TikTok to a U.S.
US Supreme Court supports the TikTok ban; Trump's statement
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the TikTok ban, and Trump has issued a statement regarding the matter.
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Sale-or-Ban Law
In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, rejected TikTok's appeal and upheld the Protecting Americans from ...
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Trump's executive order gives TikTok a reprieve. What happens next?
President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April.
Elon Musk or Larry Ellison could buy TikTok, Trump says
He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.
From immigration to TikTok: The Trump actions already facing legal threats
Trump’s sweeping executive orders, from ending birthright citizenship to targeting TikTok and dismantling DEI programs, face ...
TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 bln on AI chips in 2025, FT reports
TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend more than $12 billion on artificial intelligence infrastructure this year, betting on ...