The Supreme Court will convene for a rare oral argument session on Friday to consider a set of landmark cases that could permanently alter the way millions of people consume online content. TikTok, the video-based social media app used by more than 160 million users in the United States,

T he fate of TikTok in the United States will soon be in the hands of the Supreme Court, as the Justices hear oral arguments Friday over a law that could shut down the popular social media platform.

Justices will hear arguments in two consolidated cases taking aim at the federal law, which requires Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest from TikTok, or else TikTok will be banned from U.S. app stores and from being hosted by American internet service providers.