Trump asks the Supreme Court to temporarily halt the execution of the TikTok forced sale order in the United States.
28/12/2024
GMT Eight
CCTV reporters learned on December 27th local time that US President-elect Trump has requested the US Supreme Court to suspend the order to force TikTok to sell its operations. Trump expressed his hope that the court will give him time to resolve the dispute through political means after he officially takes office on January 20th next year.
On December 18th local time, the US Supreme Court announced that it would reconsider the case of banning TikTok from operating in the US. According to reports, the Supreme Court will debate the case on January 10th and allow the court to make a ruling on the issue before the law takes effect on January 19th. The order requires ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to divest TikTok, otherwise TikTok will be banned from operating in the US. ByteDance has made it clear that it will not sell the TikTok business.
TikTok requests the US Supreme Court to freeze the order to force sale
On December 16th local time, TikTok requested the US Federal Supreme Court to temporarily freeze the US government's order to force the sale of the platform. TikTok's lawyers stated that this order not only violates its constitutional rights but also violates the rights of 170 million American users. TikTok posted a statement on its social media account saying that if the order to force the sale is not frozen, small businesses on TikTok will lose over $1 billion in revenue within a month, and creators will lose nearly $300 million.
This article is compiled from "CCTV journalist" and edited by GMTEight: Zhang Jinliang.