TikTok Appeals to Supreme Court as President-Elect Trump Weighs Intervention in Looming Ban

TikTok is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to block a federal law that could ban the app nationwide by January 19th. The law, passed earlier this year, mandates that the Chinese-owned platform divest from its parent company, ByteDance, or face a complete shutdown in the United States. TikTok argues the legislation violates its First Amendment rights, framing the ban as an unconstitutional restriction on free speech for both the company and its millions of American users.

The petition, filed Monday, marks a. . .