Why TikTok isn’t vanishing this weekend [Video]

The US government has been toying with a possible ban on Chinese-owned social video platform TikTok for years, citing national security, data privacy, and propaganda concerns. After the issue heated up this spring, the app’s fate may soon be determined. Here’s the latest.

For context: In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that would ban TikTok in the US if its parent company, ByteDance, failed to sell the app within a year (as in, right around now). This started the divest-or-ban clock for ByteDance to make its move.

Also: Why the TikTok ban could collapse the creator economy

The company was given an initial nine months to sort out a deal — with a possible three-month extension, contingent on progress — but ByteDance has maintained the app isn’t up for grabs. TikTok took its case to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS), arguing that a ban would be a First Amendment violation.

On Friday, SCOTUS ruled …