When the Supreme Court upheld a law that banned TikTok from the US, it seemed well aware that its ruling could resonate far beyond one app. The justices delivered an unsigned opinion with a quote from Justice Felix Frankfurter from 1944: “in considering the application of established legal rules to the ‘totally new problems’ raised by the airplane and radio,

The Supreme Court has officially announced their ruling in regard to TikTok: They are upholding the law that effectively bans TikTok in the United States this weekend. Here's what the ruling means for the future of TikTok;

The Supreme Court unanimously found the new law that could lead to a ban of TikTok does not violate the First Amendment rights of the platform or its users.

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

TikTok, ByteDance and several users of the app sued to halt the ban, arguing it would suppress free speech for the millions of Americans who use the platform.

Political shifts and legal hurdles have delayed TikTok's removal, with Biden reportedly kicking the issue to Trump.

The law to effectively ban social media app TikTok was officially upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday. The case, which has become a landmark moment of free speech versus national security, has reached a climax after President Joe Biden signed an act to make TikTok illegal for distribution in the U.

TikTok took that one step farther in recent days, suggesting that it might “go dark” even for those who have already downloaded the app without intervention from the Supreme Court.

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TikTok CEO Shou Chew on Friday thanked President-elect Donald Trump for supporting the company's efforts to remain available to U.S. users. In a video posted to TikTok, his first public statement since the Supreme Court upheld a law banning the app just hours earlier, Chew praised Trump's recent support.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, in a video message posted to the platform after the Supreme Court ruling upholding the U.S. law that threatens to ban the app, thanked President-elect Trump for his support in trying to find a workable outcome to keep the app legal.

Across television, film and social media itself, here are four picks that explore crime stories associated in some way with the imperiled app.