Lawyers for TikTok and parent company ByteDance will square off with the Justice Department in a Washington courtroom on Monday over the fate of a law that could ban the short video app used by 170 million Americans as soon as January 19.

TikTok faces an uphill battle to avoid a US ban if its Chinese owner doesn’t sell the a app, judging from a grilling by an appellate court panel. Matthew Schettenhelm Media Litigation Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence joins Bloomberg Intelligence to break down what this will mean for the app and its competition.

Barack Obama took to TikTok to meet young voters where they’re at. The former president appeared on the accounts of creators including Carlos Espina, a twenty-five-year-old activist who has over ten million followers,

TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months is unconstitutional while the Justice Department said it is needed to eliminate a national security risk posed by the popular social media company.

As the federal government's lawyer argued the short-form app posed a national security threat, TikTok and some of its users argued a potential ban is unconstitutional. Anupam Chander, professor of law and technology at Georgetown Law,

Here's what you may not yet know about the TikTok ban -- and whether or not there is anything you can do to stop it. Why is the U.S. banning TikTok? Let's keep things short and si