Listen Live: Supreme Court hears oral arguments

The case centers whether the federal government had the legal authority to effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner does not sell the social media platform.
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TikTok will on Friday urge Supreme Court justices to delay or overturn a new federal law that will ban the China-based social media app by Jan. 19  in the U.S. if it does not sever cut ties with parent company ByteDance.

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The case centers whether the federal government has the legal authority to effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner does not sell the social media platform.

The case is a consolidation of two cases: TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, Att'y Gen. and Firebaugh v. Garland, Att'y Gen.