The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the fate of TikTok, a digital age cultural phenomenon that roughly half the U.S.

The US Supreme Court on Friday will hear TikTok's appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the video-sharing platform or shut it down in the United States.

TikTok will be ending its operation in the United States in only ten days barring a last-second move from the Supreme Court.

While Friday's U.S. Supreme Court hearing on a potential TikTok ban has more to do with national security concerns than anything else, the app's addictive features can't be separated from the story.