The Supreme Court on Friday was divided over the constitutionality of a federal law that would require social-media giant TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell it by Jan.

A pending law would pressure China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok for the social media platform to be hosted by U.S. app stores.

The Supreme Court has heard arguments surrounding the potential ban of TikTok. Here's what we know before their verdict, what could happen after ban

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, Google, Apple and internet providers won't be allowed to make TikTok available after Sunday, Jan. 19.

One group calls itself the People’s Bid for TikTok and says it will restructure the social media company to collect less data on users.

The law that could ban TikTok is coming before the Supreme Court. The justices largely hold the app’s fate in their hands as they hear the case Friday.

UCF Legal Studies Professor Eric Merriam joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer to break down the US Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on the law that would force TikTok owner to divest from Chinese ownership or face a ban in the U.