Here is what Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Kentanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts said about TikTok's Chinese parent company.

The first, Noel J. Francisco, who represents ByteDance, is a prominent conservative litigator who is now a partner at the Jones Day law firm. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Francisco clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and served in the White House and the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.

In an unanimous ruling handed down on Friday morning, January 17 in TikTok v. Merrick B. Garland, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a TikTok ban that is scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, January 19 unless ByteDance — the video sharing platform's owner in Mainland China — divests itself.

TikTok's attorney's on Friday reiterated the popular app will shut down, rather than make a last-minute deal to keep it active in the U.S.

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.

The Supreme Court appeared ready to uphold a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owners don't sell the widly popular platform.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.

The Supreme Court will hear TikTok’s challenge to the ban-or-sale law to consider whether it violates the First Amendment rights of of users and platform owners.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday did not make a decision on TikTok's looming ban, but it does not appear likely it will overturn it

Noel Francisco, who represents TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, and served as Trump's solicitor general during his first term, began the arguments by stating that the ban singles out TikTok and its parent company for "uniquely harsh ...

Noel Francisco, who is arguing on behalf of the ... asking why a restriction on ByteDance, which is headquartered in Beijing, is a restriction on TikTok. "You're converting the restriction on ...

The TikTok situation highlights the complexity of enforcing regulation compliance on digital platforms supported by companies with global reach and operations. The outcome of TikTok's legal battles will influence future cases involving data privacy, national security and foreign ownership of digital platforms.