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 be forced to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.

After years on the brink, TikTok’s clock has run out as the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that the app owned by China’s ByteDance must sell itself or be banned in the U.S. on Jan.

The U.S. Supreme Court officially upheld the law to ban the TikTok social media app on Friday. The case has become a pivotal moment in the debate over free speech and national security, following President Joe Biden's new act to ban TikTok in the U.