Today, TikTok requested that the Federal Court of Appeals, until the decision of the US Supreme Court, postpone the execution of the law by which this social network could be banned in America, if it does not fulfill the request of the government and Congress - to cut all ties with its Chinese founder, the company Bytdance .
Last year, TikTok and Bytdance lost their case before a three-member panel of the Federal Court of Appeals, which rejected their appeal in which they asked that the law, adopted this year, not be applied because it is against the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
The court found that the Constitution was not violated, which could lead to a ban on TikTok in the US as early as January if the social network does not separate from Bytdens, which the US government fears could hand over the data of US users to the Chinese authorities under their pressure. .
TikTok and Bytdance say that without overturning the law on January 19, this popular network in the US, which has more than 170 million users, will surely shut down. They believe that the US Supreme Court as the last instance should first consider the case, their lawyers announced today.
It is not known whether the Supreme Court will accept to deal with the case.
Lawyers for TikTok and Bytdens justify the request to delay the implementation of the law by political reality and ask for a "moderate delay" that would "give the new American administration time to determine its position."
Although he wanted to ban TikTok in his first term, the newly elected US President Donald Trump is now showing a desire to save it.
The law that could ban TikTok was equally supported by the ruling Democrats and Trump's Republicans.
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