Will the TikTok ban take effect Sunday? Could Trump save it? Here’s where things stand on the app shutting down Boston 25 News [Video]

The popular social media app TikTok will likely go dark for its 170 million American users this Sunday, Jan. 19, after months of fighting the federal government’s demand that it separate from its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok unless ByteDance sells it. Justices heard arguments last week from TikTok and ByteDance, which argued that the ban is a violation of First Amendment rights. The court disagreed.

On Thursday, just days before the ban was set to take effect, the Biden administration said President Biden had no plans to enforce the law in his final days in office. An official told the Associated Press the administration was leaving the fate of the app to President-elect Donald Trump.

The day after the ban is scheduled to take place, Trump will be sworn into his second term of office — with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and Chinese Vice President Han Zhengexpected to be …