TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video app by Jan.

TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agrees to sell it.

TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a law that could potentially ban the video-based social media app, which has millions of American users.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company asked the US Supreme Court to block a government ban set to take effect next month, making a late push to keep the social-media platform operating in a market with more than 170 million users.

A federal appeals court has left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States.

There's a universe of possible outcomes if the Supreme Court takes up the TikTok case, a Northeastern University legal scholar says, including a ruling that signals a "slippery slope" toward more restrictions on constitutional freedoms of speech.

TikTok argued it was necessary to pause the ruling in order to give the Supreme Court time to rule on the case without being “hasty,” also arguing that not pausing the law and letting it take effect on Jan. 19 as scheduled would irreparably harm the company and its 170 million U.S. users.

TikTok on Monday asked a federal appeals court to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews the case.

A federal court has denied TikTok’s request for a temporary pause of a law that could result in a ban of the app next month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to block a US ban unless it's sold.

A federal court has denied TikTok’s request for a temporary pause of a law that could result in a ban of the app next month. The ruling, which came in response to an emergency injunction filed by TikTok earlier this week,