The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will hold a hearing on the ban of TikTok, which carries implications on the global marketplace, technology, freedom of speech and national security.

TikTok and ByteDance, as well as some users who post content on the app, have challenged a law that would compel the sale of the social media platform by Jan. 19 or ban it in the United States. The law was passed by Congress with strong bipartisan support last year and signed by outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden,

Trump asked the Supreme Court to block or pause the new law but he didn’t provide details on how he would “resolve the issues at hand through political means.

TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the US by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down.

Listen to live coverage as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in TikTok's appeal to block enforcement of a federal law that would require the app to shut down in the United States. TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media platform in the U.

A US law requires TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media company to an American firm or face a ban.