Watch stay: US Supreme Court hears TikTok’s remaining pleas in opposition to doable ban | EUROtoday

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Watch stay because the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a bid by TikTok and its guardian firm, ByteDance, to dam a legislation supposed to pressure the sale of the app by 19 January or face a ban on nationwide safety grounds.

TikTok’s guardian firm is predicated in China, and the US authorities says meaning it’s a potential nationwide safety menace. Chinese authorities might pressure it at hand over delicate information on the large variety of Americans who use it or might affect the unfold of data on the platform, they are saying.

An appeals court docket has upheld the legislation, which bans TikTok except it is bought.

The legislation is ready to take impact sooner or later earlier than a brand new time period begins for President-elect Donald Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on the platform. The Republican says he desires to “save TikTok.”

His message represents a dramatic change from his past stance on the app.

In July 2020, he told reporters, “We’re banning them from the United States,” and later sought to take action through government order, although TikTok later overturned the ban in court docket.