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TikTok Asks Supreme Court To Temporarily Block Looming US Ban

The US government alleges TikTok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users (Credit: AFP)

TikTok asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the popular online video-sharing platform or shut down a month from now.

The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting services unless its owner ByteDance divests from the app by January 19.

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