The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on national security grounds.

Trump hints at opposing a TikTok exit from the U.S."So we got the highest vote ever for a Republican candidate, we won by 36 points with young people. That never happens. A Republican loses by 36 or 40,

Albania on Saturday announced a one-year ban on TikTok, the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the influence of social media on children.

Albania’s prime minister says the ban on TikTok his government announced was “not a rushed reaction to a single incident.”

PM Edi Rama announced the move after meeting parents and teachers over the effects on young people of social media.