TikTok Asks US Supreme Court to Block Government Ban
- New US law set to ban popular social-media app next month
- TikTok, Chinese parent seek high court action by Jan. 6
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TikTok and its Chinese parent company asked the US Supreme Court to block a government ban set to take effect next month, invoking favorable comments about the popular social-media platform from President-elect Donald Trump.
Making a late push to keep operating in a market with more than 170 million users, TikTok and parent ByteDance Ltd. asked the court to put the law on hold by Jan. 6 as the justices consider whether to hear a company appeal. The measure would ban TikTok in the US if ByteDance doesn’t sell it.