The Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a controversial ban on TikTok over concerns about its ties to China. Justices lobbed pointed questions at lawyers for the social media app and a group of its content creators Friday during more than 2 hours of oral arguments.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

The Supreme Court could rule on TikTok’s fate as soon as Wednesday, after justices signaled during oral arguments Friday they may uphold the federal law banning TikTok unless it divests itself from ByteDance, expressing skepticism of TikTok’s opposition to the policy.