TikTok Asks US Supreme Court to Block Government Ban

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.

The emergency request comes after a federal appeals court upheld a new law banning TikTok in the US if the parent company doesn’t sell the app by Jan. 19. The three-judge panel rejected TikTok’s free speech claims, saying Congress was legitimately acting to protect national security and user privacy.