TikTok Asks Supreme Court To Halt Law That Could Lead To A Ban In The U.S.
deadline.comTikTok is asking the Supreme Court to put a pause on a law that requires that its Chinese-parent company sell its U.S. operations or face a ban on tech platforms.
Courts have so far rejected TikTok’s claim that the law, which passed Congress overwhelmingly last year, is in violation of the First Amendment.
Its parent, ByteDance, has until Jan. 19 to divest TikTok in the U.S. or face a ban on app stores. In its emergency application to the Supreme Court, TikTok says that the law “will shutter one of America’s most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration.
This, in turn, will silence the speech of Applicants and the many Americans who use the platform to communicate about politics, commerce, arts, and other matters of public concern.” TikTok is asking for a temporary injunction to halt the implementation of the law at least until the Supreme Court can review the merits of the case.
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