U.S. TikTok ban: How it would work ... "On January 19th, as I understand it, we shut down," TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco told justices during oral arguments on Friday.

Chief Justice John Roberts convened the court for arguments in TikTok's challenge. Noel Francisco, who is arguing on behalf of the platform, will present TikTok's case first. He has two minutes to ...

Noel Francisco, who argued on behalf of TikTok and ByteDance, ... Francisco claimed that TikTok would "have to go mute" unless it severs ties from ByteDance, ...

TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco said it could also open the door to a dangerous form of censorship. He added that “we shut down” if the law goes into effect, although other legal experts dispute ...

NOEL FRANCISCO: I can't say TikTok, I can't. That's theoretically correct, Your Honor, but I think that also underscores the ...

Even TikTok attorney Noel Francisco seemed uncertain about how exactly a ban would go down. “On January 19, as I understand it, we shut down,” he said.

Congress worried that ByteDance would hoover up data on TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users. Under Chinese law, ByteDance must hand over information to the ruling Communist Party on demand.

NPR speaks with Zachary Price, law professor at the University of California College of Law San Francisco, about the Trump administration's rationale for exempting tech companies from the TikTok ban.

Noel Francisco, a lawyer for TikTok and ByteDance, said that if ByteDance were to sell TikTok's U.S. business, the app would ...