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Trump asks the Supreme Court to put the law that would ban TikTok on hold

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok in the US come January.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesDonald Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok.The president-elect filed a brief urging SCOTUS to give him time to pursue a political resolution.Congress passed a law that requires TikTok's Chinese owners to divest or be banned from US app stores.President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause the law that would ban TikTok in mid-January until after his inauguration.Trump filed a brief on Friday urging the top court to give him time to "pursue a political resolution" before agreeing to ban the social media app.In April, Congress passed a bipartisan law that established a nine-month deadline for TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest from the app or be barred from US app stores.Neither TikTok nor Trump's lawyers immediately responded to Business Insider's request for comment.

 

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