TikTok is barreling toward a nationwide ban in the US.President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation in April 2024 designed to shut down the social media app in the US unless its Chinese owner gives up control.

An infographic posted by President-elect Donald Trump showed his surrogate accounts garnered 3.8 billion views, vastly outnumbering his 2024 competitor, Vice President Kamala Harris, who garnered just 1.

Trump was for a TikTok ban until he wasn’t. Why does the 47th president have a different position now, and how might the Court rule on it?

The president-elect has filed a request with the Supreme Court to pause the enforcement of a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

TikTok wouldn’t simply vanish off your smartphone – but in the long term, banning the Chinese video app could rip the heart out of American youth culture, writes Io Dodds