While alternatives have emerged recently, this ruling should be and is the final say on whether the TikTok ban will actually go into effect.

With the court signaling it will release a decision on Friday, lobbyists for the app pushed lawmakers to shift course.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday in its challenge to a federal law that would have required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned in the United States on Jan.