Washington – TikTok and parent company ByteDance have asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a law that would do that ban the app in the US as soon as January 19th.
“A modest delay in enforcing the law will create breathing space for this Court to conduct an orderly review and for the new administration to evaluate this case – before this crucial channel for Americans to communicate with their fellow citizens and world is closing down,” states the state of emergency. application said.
The move comes days after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused TikTok’s attempt to delay the ban from taking effect pending a Supreme Court review.
TikTok and ByteDance have asked the Supreme Court to rule by January 6 on its request to delay the law so they can “coordinate with their service providers to carry out the complex task of establishing the TikTok platform only in the United States to close” if the judges decline.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
