The US Supreme Court upheld the law that banned the app

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday.

TikTok challenged the law, arguing that it would violate free speech protections for the more than 170 million users the app says it has in the US.

But that argument was rejected by the nation’s highest court, meaning TikTok must now find an approved buyer for the US version of the app or face being removed from app stores and web hosting services.

However, the outgoing Biden administration and President-elect Donald Trump have been trying to craft a reprieve for the platform, which US officials have warned poses a national security risk.