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TikTok asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law that would ban the hugely popular social media app in the United States in a few weeks.
TikTok asked the top court for an injunction that would require parent company ByteDance to divest the app or face a ban while the company appeals a lower court’s ruling in favor of the law. The company claims the law violates the company’s First Amendment rights, as well as those of its 170 million users in the US.
The delay would also “give the new administration time to determine its position as “the president-elect and his advisors have expressed support for rescuing TikTok,” the company said in the filing.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed Monday to “take a look at TikTok, saying he has a “warm regard” for the social media app.”
While many nominees for Cabinet-level positions have supported the TikTok ban, the company hopes Trump will try to stop the move. Trump is expected to meet with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew later on Monday, a source told Semafor. CNN first reported the meeting.
US lawmakers passed the TikTok ban on a bipartisan basis, citing national security risks. TikTok has denied sharing or seeking to influence U.S. user data, in accordance with Chinese government demands.
