TikTok asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a potential ban on the popular social media app pending an appeal of a lower-court ruling. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C.

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.

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - 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 ...