President-elect Donald Trump has urged the US Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a 'political resolution' to the issue.The court is set to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10.The law would require TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the platform to an American company or face a ban.
The US Congress voted in April to ban it unless ByteDance sells the app by Jan. 19.TikTok, which has over 170 million US users, and its parent have sought to have the law struck down. But if the court does not rule in their favor and no divestment occurs, the app could be effectively banned in the United States on Jan. 19, one day before Trump takes office.Trump's support for TikTok is a reversal from 2020, when he tried to block the app in the United States and force its sale to American companies because of its Chinese ownership.It also shows the significant effort by the company to forge inroads with Trump and his team during the presidential campaign.'President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute,' said D. John Sauer, Trump's lawyer who is also the president-elect's pick for US solicitor general.'Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case, thus permitting President Trump's incoming administration the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in the case,' he added.Trump previously met with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in December, hours after the president-elect expressed he had a 'warm spot' for the app and that he favored allowing TikTok to keep operating in the United States for at least a little while.The president-elect also said he had received billions of views on the social media platform during his presidential campaig
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