MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis baker, author and content creator who became a TikTok sensation is part of a historic lawsuit in front of the U.S. Supreme Court over whether the government has a right to shut down the platform.

TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok’s sale by its Chinese parent company.

A total of eight creators have put their name on a lawsuit opposing that measure. The high court is set to hear their argument Friday.

“The amount of support we’ve been shown is incredible,” said Chloe Joy Sexton, the owner of Chloe’s Giant Cookies, and one of those eight who are fighting to save the platform.

The former WREG producer says the platform is integral to her company and her career.

“TikTok has done more for me than anything in my life,” said Sexton, who has developed a TikTok following of 2.4 million. “The other apps simply don’t have this power. They never have.”

The Biden administration, defending the law that President Joe Biden signed in April after it was approved by wide bipartisan majorities in Congress, contends that “no one can seriously dispute that (China’s) control of TikTok through ByteDance represents a grave threat to national security.”