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TikTok Announces Plans To Shut Down In U.S. Unless Supreme Court Blocks Forced Sale

TikTok representatives have warned that the company will shut the social media platform down in the U.S. by January 19th, unless the Supreme Court rules against the order or delays the date that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, is forced to sell the platform.

Federal Court Strikes Down TikTok’s Appeal, Forcing Chinese Parent Company To Sell Or Face Imminent Ban

A federal appeals court reaffirmed TikTok’s federal ban, which is set to take effect in January if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell its ownership.

In this photo illustration plain cigarette packaging can be seen on March 15, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. As of 14 March 2018, legislation prevents tobacco companies using branding on their cigarette packaging. After a 12 week 'wash out' phase to allow existing stock to be sold as plain packaging is introduced. Moving forward tobacco packets will be the same standard brown or green, with graphic pictures and health warnings enlarged to cover at least 75% of the front of tobacco packs, and all tobacco company marketing imagery removed. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

SCOTUS Declines To Hear Case On Graphic Cigarette Package Warnings

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge from major tobacco companies to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) requirement that they place graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and in advertisements “showing the impacts of smoking.”