US Supreme Court will hear arguments from TikTok as it aims to halt ban

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear from TikTok’s ByteDance once more to hear their case on January 10.

This comes after President Joe Biden signed into law a ban on the platform on April 24, 2024. It is owned by ByteDance which is based in China.

The bill requires the app to either be sold or banned by January 19, but the company may now have a last-ditch attempt to change its fate.

On December 16, TikTok requested an injunction from the Supreme Court which aims to block the ban until the conservative majority court rules on its legality or dismisses the case.

Two days later, on December 18, the Supreme Court announced it will review TikTok’s challenge against the federal law and oral arguments have been scheduled for January 10. This is set to take place just days before the law becomes effective.

The social media platform said it was “pleased” with the order. “We believe the Court will find the TikTok ban unconstitutional so the over 170 million Americans on our platform can continue to exercise their free speech rights,” writes the company in a news update.

The date of the ban is the day before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump who will return to office for his second term, after originally serving as US president between 2017 and 2021.

According to CNN, the CEO of TikTok Shou Chew met with the President-elect at his Mar-a-Lago estate on December 16.

News — Trump is meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago Club today, I'm told. That comes hours after the president-elect suggested he might reverse course on the impending ban on the app in the US, as TikTok is now asking the Supreme Court to step in.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 16, 2024

While the entrepreneur previously tried to ban the app in 2020, he now may be the person who could save it. At a news conference on Monday, he suggested that his electoral victory was in part due to his use of TikTok.

When he was asked in a news conference about TikTok and the upcoming ban, he said “We’ll take a look at TikTok.”

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