TikTok will argue its case in front of the Supreme Court this week, but if a law isn't overturned, the app will shut down by January 19.

T he fate of TikTok in the United States will soon be in the hands of the Supreme Court, as the Justices hear oral arguments Friday over a law that could shut down the popular social media platform.

TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the limits of national security and free speech. The popular social media platform is challenging a law passed last year ordering the firm to be split from its Chinese owner or be blocked from the US by 19 January.

The justices will review a law that would effectively shut down TikTok in the United States this month unless the company divests from Chinese ownership.

In a collision between free speech and national security, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the fate of TikTok, a digital age cultural phenomenon that roughly half the U.S. population uses fo

A plurality of Americans support a law that may ban TikTok ahead of a crucial U.S. Supreme Court hearing into the social media platform's future, according to a new poll. Newsweek reached out to TikTok for comment via the company's press contact form.