ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US ban pending Supreme Court review

China-based ByteDance and its short-form video app TikTok asked an appeals court on Monday to temporarily halt a law that would have given parent company ByteDance until January 19 to shut down or ban TikTok. face, which is pending review by the US Supreme Court. The companies filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which warnedthat the law would go into effect without the order and “shut down TikTok, one of the nation’s most popular speech platforms, to its more than 170 million domestic monthly users on the eve of the presidential inauguration.” On Friday, a three-judge panel of the appeals court upheld the law requiring the bite dance. Shut down TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a six-week ban. Lawyers for the companies say the Supreme Court is likely to take up the case. The reverse is high enough to warrant the temporary pause needed to create time for further deliberation.” The companies also noted that President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to halt the ban, arguing that “The delay will give the incoming administration time to determine its position,” which could trigger both future damages and the need for Supreme Court review.” The Justice Department had no immediate comment. The decision — unless the Supreme Court reverses it — the fate of TikTok rests in the hands of President Joe Biden before the Jan. 19 deed to force the sale. The line should be given a 90-day extension and then Trump, who will take office on January 20, is not. Divestment required to do Significant progress has been made towards. Rapper Jay-Z has been identified as the celebrity accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at a New York party. 2000 with Sean “Daddy” Combs in an amended lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday. Trump, who tried unsuccessfully to ban TikTok during his first term in 2020, said before the November presidential election that he would not allow a ban on TikTok.