AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled in favor of upholding the federal law banning TikTok unless it's sold by its Chinese-based parent company on or before Jan. 19. Amid uncertainty surrounding the app's future, company officials allegedly confirmed U.S. employees' jobs are secure, according to an internal memo accessed and reported by The Verge Tuesday. Those U.S. employees include workers at TikTok's Austin office. TikTok funded a nearly $12 million construction project to revamp two levels at the 300 Colorado Tower in downtown Austin, according to documents from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. RELATED: Well-known Austin TikToker reacts to potential ban That project kicked off in April and wrapped in early October, according to TDLR documents. As of Friday morning, TikTok had 33 openings available on Indeed based at its Austin office, ranging from advertising account managers to technical product specialists and content quality assurance team members. The app's Austin location is one of several internationally, including global offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Toyko, per the Austin Chamber of Commerce. The Austin Chamber of Commerce confirmed to KXAN Friday it doesn't have any intel into the company's employment figures here in the Texas capital. TikTok has approximately 7,000 employees based in the U.S., according to reporting from Forbes. In a video statement shared on TikTok Friday, CEO Shou Zi Chew shared his thanks to President-elect Donald Trump, who previously outlined his commitment toward finding a solution to TikTok's U.S. operations. "This is a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship," Chew said in a denouncement of Friday's ruling. "As we've said, TikTok is a place where people can create communities, discover new interests and express themselves." ICYMI: Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban App leadership previously said a ban would result in a $1 billion revenue loss for small businesses that sell their products on TikTok, and that content creators would lose roughly $300 billion in just one month with a ban in place. More than 170 million Americans use the app in the U.S. alone. Friday's ruling from the Supreme Court isn't the first time the app has been challenged nationally or even in the state of Texas. During Trump's first term, he issued executive orders in August 2020 to try and place a ban on both TikTok and Chinese-owned app WeChat. In February 2023, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott outlined requirements as part of a "statewide model security plan" that prohibited TikTok on state-issued devices and networks. That mandate followed a previous ban Abbott issued in December 2022, which banned the app on state-issued devices at public universities.