The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

The Supreme Court upholds the U.S. bill that would essentially ban TikTok. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the Court demonstrated that it was “likely” to rule in favor of banning the application owned by ByteDance.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew on Friday responded to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law requiring the app to sell its U.S.-based operations to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the U.S. The law will prohibit app stores like Apple’s App Store and Google Play,