U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of a U.S. law that could ban TikTok or force its sale by mid-January. Trump's incoming administration hopes to instead pursue a political resolution to the issue.
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00:00U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to delay enforcement
00:05of a ban on TikTok.
00:07The law requires TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a U.S. company
00:13or face a nationwide ban.
00:16The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments regarding the law ahead of its enforcement
00:20on January 19th.
00:22Many U.S. lawmakers and the Justice Department argue TikTok's Chinese ownership poses a security
00:27threat.
00:28Others say banning it would violate freedom of speech.
00:31Trump has urged the court to delay the law's implementation to allow his incoming administration
00:37time to seek a political resolution to the issue.