After a bipartisan bill to remove TikTok from app stores in the U.S. or force its sale passed last year, some officials in Washington now want to delay the ban from going into effect.

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 shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.

The fate of Tiktok is in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump after the Supreme Court upheld the ban Friday..

TikTok currently faces a possible ban in the U.S. that could happen as soon as Sunday. A law requiring the platform's parent company to sell the app to an American company is scheduled to take effect on Jan.

The possibility of a permanent TikTok ban is no longer just a rumour for the app's 170 million users in the United States. The Supreme Court has confirmed its decision to uphold a law that would effectively prohibit TikTok nationwide.

Riri Bichri burst into tears on Friday morning while discussing news that the Supreme Court had ruled against TikTok, rejecting the company’s arguments against the law that effectively bans it in the United States next week.

TikTok said it will be “forced to go dark” on Sunday, Jan. 19, unless it receives a “definitive statement” from the outgoing Biden administration that the app’s tech partners won’t be penalized under the divest-or-ban bill.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a ban on TikTok in the United States unless federal leaders find an alternative solution. This might be disappointing for

Donald Trump had asked the Supreme Court to delay TikTok’s ban-or-sale law to give him an opportunity to act once he returns to the White House.

The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.

After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.