Friday’s session comes just nine days before the sell-or-ban deadline. TikTok’s lawyer, Noel Francisco, made it clear that the social network will essentially shut down on January 19 unless ...

Noel Francisco, a lawyer for TikTok and ByteDance, told the justices that the app is one of the most popular speech platforms for Americans and that it would essentially shut down on Jan. 19 ...

NBC News reported that company lawyer Noel Francisco told justices Friday that TikTok had First Amendment protections, an argument that both conservative and liberal justices appeared skeptical of.

Chief Justice John Roberts meanwhile asked the lawyer representing TikTok, Noel Francisco, whether the court is "supposed to ignore the fact that the ultimate parent is, in fact, subject to doing ...