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.

Starting Sunday, if the company is not sold, app stores and cloud providers who continue to host it will face billions of dollars in fines.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.

An attorney for TikTok told the Supreme Court Friday the app could “go dark” next week while asking skeptical justices to issue an injunction preventing a law banning the platform in the US from going into effect.

TikTok's attorney's on Friday reiterated the popular app will shut down, rather than make a last-minute deal to keep it active in the U.S., if the app's looming ban is not overturned by the Supreme Court.

Here is what Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Kentanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts said about TikTok's Chinese parent company.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court is viewed as open to upholding a national-security law that will shut down the video-sharing app nationwide on Sunday if it continues to be controlled by its Chinese parent company.

The Supreme Court upheld a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States. Here's what to know about the potential ban.

The first, Noel J. Francisco, who represents ByteDance, is a prominent conservative litigator who is now a partner at the Jones Day law firm. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Francisco clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and served in the White House and the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday he is aware that the possible TikTok ban “is controversial,” yet the app “has a national security risk to it.” “I imagine [there’s going to] be a disruption in the service here,

Editor's Note: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday, Jan. 20 to keep TikTok operating for 75 days. Trump’s order instructs the U.S. attorney general not to take any action to ...