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.

As TikTok’s fate hangs in the balance, roughly 170 million users across the United States face the possibility of losing access to the app, which has become the focal point of a growing national security debate.

The President-elect will decide the ultimate fate of the social media app set to be banned in the U.S. the day before his inauguration.

TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago. The possibility the U.S. would outlaw the video-sharing app has kept influencers and users in anxious limbo for more than four of the years since

The Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban on Friday. Here's what the ruling spells out for the popular app, including what upheld means.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a congressional ban on TikTok unless its owner sells the app, a ruling that could significantly affect millions of American users, including creators in Acadiana.

With the ban upheld by the Supreme Court and the Biden administration leaving, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is banking on Trump to save the app in the US.

TikTok shared a message to U.S. users late Saturday, explaining its suspending service on Sunday, with the deadline for a potential ban hours away.

The Supreme Court has unanimously decided to uphold the ban on TikTok. Over half of TikTok users are from Generation Z.

The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling.

TikTok users face down the oncoming shutdown of their beloved app on January 19 unless President-elect Donald Trump steps in after taking office.