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ByteDance, TikTok ask appeals court to temporarily block sell-or-ban law


ByteDance and TikTok filed an emergency motion on Monday asking an appeals court to temporally block the law that would ban TikTok in the U.S.

Reuters reports that the companies warned in the motion that without the order, the law will go into effect and “shut down TikTok—one of the nation’s most popular speech platforms—for its more than 170 million domestic monthly users on the eve of a presidential inauguration.” The companies filed the motion a few days after a federal appeals court unanimously voted to uphold the sell-or-ban law. TikTok responded to the ruling by saying it believes the Supreme Court will protect Americans’ right to free speech.

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