WASHINGTON—TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have asked the Supreme Court to suspend the following laws: Ban the app in the US Until January 19th at the earliest.
“A short delay in enacting this law will allow this court to conduct an orderly review and allow the new administration to evaluate this issue before it closes down a vital channel through which Americans communicate with their fellow citizens and the world.” This will provide some breathing room,” the state of emergency statement said. the application said.
TikTok has asked the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction, but has not yet asked for a review of the merits of the lawsuit. TikTok said in its filing that if the ban is not delayed, the company and its users will suffer “immediate and irreparable harm.”
“Congress’s unprecedented attempt to single out applicants and prohibit them from operating one of the most important speech platforms in this country raises serious constitutional questions, and perhaps this court… We will not tolerate this,” the application states.
The move comes days after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. rejected TikTok is seeking to delay the ban from taking effect pending review by the Supreme Court.
TikTok and ByteDance asked the Supreme Court to rule on the law by Jan. 6, seeking a stay on the law, so they could “work with service providers to make the TikTok platform available only in the United States.” “to carry out the complex task of shutting down a facility.” The judge declines.
When TikTok challenged the law in May, it said a forced sale was “commercially, technically and legally impossible, so we never had to choose between a sale and a ban.” ‘ he claimed. The Chinese government has vowed to block the sale of TikTok’s algorithm, which recommends content tailored to each user. New buyers will need to rebuild the algorithms that run the app. The petition states that under the law’s limitations, “such a fundamental restructuring is simply not possible.”
“The platform consists of millions of lines of software code, painstakingly developed by thousands of engineers over several years,” the petition says.
next president donald trump Several members of the government-elect, who previously supported bans but have since reversed their positions, still support restrictions on social media platforms. President Trump will take office the day after the law takes effect.
Asked on Monday how he plans to stop the ban, President Trump praised TikTok for helping get young people to vote.
“I have a passion for TikTok in my heart,” he said.
