The Supreme Court 's decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform used by 170 million people in the U.

The fate of TikTok’s U.S. operations might be decided Friday after the Supreme Court said it may announce opinions in the morning, potentially delivering a ruling on TikTok days before the ban against it is scheduled to take effect, with justices recently signaling during oral arguments they may uphold the policy.

The high court doesn't announce which opinions it is releasing. But the justices are up against a Sunday deadline for TikTok to cut ties with China.

The Supreme Court seems open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography. But the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ free-speech rights.

How it rules on a Texas law requiring age verification on adult websites could shift the bounds of internet speech.

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to state laws requiring online age verification for websites hosting explicit adult content.