TIKTOK SEEKS SUPREME COURT INTERVENTION TO STOP IMPENDING US BAN
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The US Supreme Court has been asked to temporarily halt a regulation that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the platform or shut it down within a month.
TikTok would not be accessible on US app stores or web hosting providers unless ByteDance divests from the app by January 19, according to a statute signed into law by President Joe Biden in April.
President-elect Donald Trump met with Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, around the same time as this appeal.
Trump said at a press conference on Monday that he has a “soft spot” for TikTok and that his administration would think about the app’s future and the potential for a ban.
TikTok is seeking to put the law on hold while it contests a lower court decision that upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, with hopes of appealing to the Supreme Court.
It further argued that Congress has placed an unprecedented restraint on free expression and asked for a decision by January 6.
According to the corporation, the law’s adoption would cause serious financial harm to small businesses that depend on the app and silence a large number of Americans who use the platform to debate a range of public concerns, including politics and business.
As Trump is ready to assume office on January 20, the possible ban could further sour US-China relations. Trump has made a point of endorsing TikTok, despite worries that a ban would largely help Facebook’s parent company, Meta.
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