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Chinese social community TikTok is making a last-ditch effort to forestall a possible ban within the United States by interesting to the Supreme Court. The platform, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has filed an emergency attraction to problem a US legislation that requires a change of possession for the social community by January 19, beneath penalty of removing from US app shops.

As reported by the Financial Times, the CEO of TikTok met with Donald Trump to keep away from the US ban.

The anti-TikTok legislation and the Chinese attraction

The legislation, which took impact in April, offers ByteDance till subsequent month to divest from TikTok earlier than the app is banned from app shops within the United States. The justification cites the danger that China may acquire entry to US knowledge and exert political affect.

While US President Joe Biden has the authority to increase the deadline by three months, that may require progress in ongoing gross sales talks. However, TikTok has to date refused to think about an possession change. Last week, an appeals courtroom within the capital Washington declared the legislation authorized.

ByteDance: «The legislation violates the US structure»

The ByteDance Group subsidiary argued in its lawsuit that the legislation violates free speech enshrined within the U.S. Constitution. However, the courtroom famous that the legislation is in line with long-standing regulatory practices and that the U.S. Congress didn’t intend to suppress particular expressions. TikTok says it has 170 million customers within the United States.