U.S. TikTok ban: How it would work ... "On January 19th, as I understand it, we shut down," TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco told justices during oral arguments on Friday.

Noel Francisco, who is arguing on behalf of the platform, will present TikTok's case first. He has two minutes to deliver opening remarks without interruption before the justices can jump in with ...

Noel Francisco, who argued on behalf of TikTok and ByteDance, ... Francisco claimed that TikTok would "have to go mute" unless it severs ties from ByteDance, ...

NOEL FRANCISCO: I can't say TikTok, I can't. That's theoretically correct, Your Honor, but I think that also underscores the content based nature of the restriction. KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: No.

TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco said it could also open the door to a dangerous form of censorship. He added that “we shut down” if the law goes into effect, although other legal experts dispute ...

Even TikTok attorney Noel Francisco seemed uncertain about how exactly a ban would go down. “On January 19, as I understand it, we shut down,” he said.

TikTok Attorney Noel Francisco spoke with reporters at the National Press Club. “We thought that the argument went very well, that justices are extremely engaged," he said.

Congress worried that ByteDance would hoover up data on TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users. Under Chinese law, ByteDance must hand over information to the ruling Communist Party on demand.

Noel Francisco, a lawyer for TikTok and ByteDance, said that if ByteDance were to sell TikTok's U.S. business, the app would not be able to leverage ByteDance's algorithm and it would thus ...