TikTok asks Supreme Court for a lifeline as sell-or-ban deadline approaches
TikTok and ByteDance asked the United States Supreme Court to block the law that forces TikTok to be sold off or banned in the United States, according to an emergency filing with America’s top court on Monday.
The social media company requested that the Supreme Court consider blocking the sell-or-ban law passed earlier this year by January 6th. This would give American app stores and internet hosting providers just a few weeks to prepare for January 19th, the deadline when the U.S. could force them to block TikTok.
This case was long destined for the Supreme Court, but now it finally appears to be headed there. TikTok has argued for months that this law hinders the free speech of millions of users, app stores, and the company itself. However, that argument has fallen flat so far with the Department of Justice, who asked a U.S. appeals court to reject ByteDance’s motion to block the law last week.
