As TikTok’s fate hangs in the balance, roughly 170 million users across the United States face the possibility of losing access to the app, which has become the focal point of a growing national security debate.

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it is upholding a ban on TikTok in the U.S. Read the full SCOTUS decision here.

The President-elect will decide the ultimate fate of the social media app set to be banned in the U.S. the day before his inauguration.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a congressional ban on TikTok unless its owner sells the app, a ruling that could significantly affect millions of American users, including creators in Acadiana.

The Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban on Friday. Here's what the ruling spells out for the popular app, including what upheld means.

The Supreme Court upheld the law banning TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, couldn't facilitate a sale.

TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago. The possibility the U.S. would outlaw the video-sharing app has kept influencers and users in anxious limbo for more than four of the years since

TikTok shared a message to U.S. users late Saturday, explaining its suspending service on Sunday, with the deadline for a potential ban hours away.

The Supreme Court has unanimously decided to uphold the ban on TikTok. Over half of TikTok users are from Generation Z.

The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling.