TikTok asked the Supreme Court to take up its case challenging the federal government’s ban on the app Monday, as the popular social media company faces a last-minute scramble to preserve access to the app before the law—which bans TikTok unless it’s sold to a new company—takes effect next month, after a lower court upheld the law.
TikTok creator Talia Cadet wears a button showing support for TikTock outside of the U.S. Court of ... [+]
TikTok asked the Supreme Court to issue an injunction that would pause the law from taking effect on Jan. 19 as scheduled, blocking the law until the Supreme Court either rules on TikTok’s legality or decides not to take up the case.
The federal law requires TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or else prohibits U.S. app stores and internet service providers from providing access to TikTok, and a federal appeals court upheld the law earlier in December, ruling it does not violate TikTok’s First Amendment rights as the app claimed.
TikTok asked the Supreme Court to rule on its request to pause the law by Jan. 6, before the law is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 19.
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