TikTok is reportedly prepared to shut down its app on Sunday, when the ban is scheduled to take effect, though the actual language of the law technically only mandates that the social media platform be taken off of app stores to prevent new users from downloading it.

In a concurring opinion, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote, "Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know."

The Supreme Court seemed to lean Thursday toward upholding a law forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell off TikTok, with all nine justices indicating national security concerns posed by the social media app outweighed potential threats to free speech.

US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called on Congress or the judiciary’s committee responsible for drafting rules for federal courts to address the government’s use of classified evidence that’s shielded from litigants.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed concerns about not having enough time to decide on the US TikTok ban.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.

A determined foreign adversary may just seek to replace one lost surveillance application with another,” Gorsuch wrote in a concurrence with the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to uphold the TikTok ban.

Justices seemed persuaded by arguments that a national security threat posed by the company’s connections to China override free speech concerns.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban.

With a TikTok ban scheduled to go into effect in the United States on Sunday, many users began to see messages preventing them from using the app when they opened it after 10 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.

The Supreme Court appeared ready to uphold a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owners don't sell the widly popular platform.

The Supreme Court signaled national security concerns over a law requiring TikTok's Chinese owner to sell its stake override free-speech issues.