TikTok Asks US Supreme Court to Block Government Ban
Live MintTikTok and its Chinese parent company asked the US Supreme Court to block a government ban set to take effect next month, making a late push to keep the social-media platform operating in a market with more than 170 million users. The emergency request comes after a federal appeals court upheld a new law banning TikTok in the US if the parent company doesn’t sell the app by Jan. 19. “TikTok had an impact, so we’re taking a look at it.” TikTok and its parent company ByteDance Ltd. asked the Supreme Court to act by Jan. 6. “It would not be in the interest of anyone — not the parties, the public, or the courts — for the act’s ban on TikTok to take effect only for the new administration to halt its enforcement hours, days, or even weeks later,” TikTok argued.