Parents in Maryland said a school board’s refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the storybooks violated the First Amendment.

"Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19," the company said. The White House declined to comment.

What happens on your smartphone once a US law banning the social media app TikTok takes effect on Jan. 19? It will depend on the actions of TikTok parent ByteDance, President-elect Donald Trump and some of the largest tech giants in the US.

TikTok’s future hangs on a Supreme Court battle taking place on Friday. The social media giant and its parent company, ByteDance, face off against the US government in a hearing to decide whether the Chinese company can maintain control of the popular US app.

Experts have indicated that common workarounds, such as VPNs, may not be effective due to the app's ability to detect user locations through geolocation data.

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly mulling unconventional ways to save TikTok from an impending US ban, including an executive order. Doing so could mean facing some serious legal hurdles.

The Supreme Court upheld the law banning TikTok on Friday, paving the way for the ban to take effect on Sunday.

The Supreme Court upheld a law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner to sell off the app's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban Sunday.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled against TikTok's bid to avoid a ban that could shut the app down in just two days and impact millions of users who rely on the platform for entertainment, ecommerce and ad dollars.

The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.