According to the emergency, TikTok and ByteDance asked the United States Supreme Court to block the law that would force TikTok to be sold or banned in the United States filing Monday in America's Supreme Court.

Social media company requested the Supreme Court to consider blocking The sell-or-ban bill was passed earlier this year Until January 6. This will give American app stores and internet hosting providers just a few weeks to prepare for January 19, the deadline by which the US could force them to block TikTok.

“Today, TikTok asks the Court to do what it has traditionally done in free speech cases: apply the strictest scrutiny to speech bans and conclude that they violate the First Amendment,” TikTok spokesman Michael Hughes said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch.

Also on Monday, TikTok CEO Shou Chew will reportedly meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. CNN's Kaitlan Collins. The meeting took place hours after Trump told reporters he had a bet. “The warm spot in my heart for TikTok,That's a pretty big change of heart considering Trump previously tried to ban TikTok via executive order.

The TikTok ban has long been destined for the Supreme Court, but now it looks like it will finally get there. TikTok has argued for months that the law stifles free speech for millions of users, app stores and the company itself. However, this claim has so far failed before the Department of Justice. Asks US appeals court to reject ByteDance's request to block law.