Incoming President Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of the law.
It declined and there is no obvious buyer for TikTok lined up.
If nothing changes, the ban will start on Sunday, the day before Trumps inauguration.
Biden has said he wont enforce the ban andwill let Trump handle the problem.
How did we get here?
It was an argument the Supreme Court didnt find persuasive.
For the forgoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners First Amendment rights.
Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know, he wrote.
A determined foreign adversary may just seek to replace one lost surveillance system with another.
As time passes and threats evolve, less dramatic and more effective solutions may emerge.
Even what might happen next to TikTok remains unclear.
People have already moved on to the other apps.
Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, another Chinese-based video app hassurged in popularitywhile the court heard the case.
Americans are already teaching Chinese usershow to build 3D-printed guns.
Chinese users are teaching Americans that their views of China might be warped.
But what happens in the future or what other apps come along arent the courts concern.
The question we face today is not the laws wisdom, only its constitutionality, Gorsuch said.
Speaking with and in favor of a foreign adversary is one thing.
Allowing a foreign adversary to spy on Americans is another.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to attend Trump events this weekend as well as the inauguration.
What happens now is anyones guess.
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