He bought his first home by devising a formula to identify Beijing’s best community. And he became China’s richest person after creating TikTok, the massively popular app built around an algorithm that predicts the videos people would enjoy based on their previous activity.

The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.

The law that could ban TikTok is coming before the Supreme Court on Friday morning, with the justices largely holding the app’s fate in their hands. Here is the Latest: —-

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday did not make a decision on TikTok's looming ban, but it does not appear likely it will overturn it

On Friday, TikTok will get the chance to argue its case before the Supreme Court, which is deciding whether the government can ban the platform if it doesn’t sever ties with China. With the app’s fate hanging in the balance,

They also are concerned that the proprietary algorithm that fuels what users see on the app is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities, who could

TikTok's lawyers and some of their creators opened up about possible repercussions of a TikTok ban after the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case.

As Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in a case that could ban TikTok in the U.S., creators outside the court said losing the platform would be devastating.

The Supreme Court's nine justices heard arguments on Friday in a challenge by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app by Jan.

TikTok ran into a wave of skepticism Friday when it urged the Supreme Court to strike down a law that could end its presence in the U.S. in one of the most high-profile standoffs of the social media era.