T he fate of TikTok in the United States will soon be in the hands of the Supreme Court, as the Justices hear oral arguments Friday over a law that could shut down the popular social media platform.

TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the limits of national security and free speech. The popular social media platform is challenging a law passed last year ordering the firm to be split from its Chinese owner or be blocked from the US by 19 January.

TikTok will argue its case in front of the Supreme Court this week, but if a law isn't overturned, the app will shut down by January 19.

In a collision between free speech and national security, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the fate of TikTok, a digital age cultural phenomenon that roughly half the U.S. population uses fo

A plurality of Americans support a law that may ban TikTok ahead of a crucial U.S. Supreme Court hearing into the social media platform's future, according to a new poll. Newsweek reached out to TikTok for comment via the company's press contact form.