TikTok asks Supreme Court to step in and halt looming ban

Published December 16, 2024 5:35pm ET



TikTok filed an emergency application on Monday imploring the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law that would effectively ban the popular social media app. 

Under bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden in April, Tiktok faces being banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19, 2025, unless the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the platform to a non-Chinese-owned company.

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