​TikTok requests that the judge temporarily halt the restrictions as it awaits Trump’s or the Supreme Court’s decision.

The firm wants to use the remaining time to rescue the game so the Supreme Court or the inbound Trump administration can pass a law that requires the sale of it or face a ban in the US by mid-January. As it looked to the Supreme Court and the incoming Trump administration to save the app, TikTok requested on Monday that a federal judge temporarily halt a law that requires its Chinese parent company to buy it or experience a restrictions in the US. On Friday, the business and a group of its people were hit by judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s unanimous rejection of their petitions to reverse the law. TikTok requested on Monday that the same court temporarily halt the case until the Supreme Court hears TikTok’s designed appeal of that decision. Although experts say it is likely, it isn’t clear whether the Supreme Court may consent to hear the case. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese firm ByteDance, is facing fresh risk under the rules that, citing national security worries, calls on ByteDance to buy the software or face a ban on Jan. 19. TikTok, which has 170 million users in the United States, claims that a sale would violate users ‘ First Amendment rights in part because of restrictions imposed by the Chinese government. Additionally, TikTok suggested in its filing that Donald J. Trump’s proposed temporary freeze would give him more time to try to save the app as he has promised. Right now, the ban would take effect a day before his inauguration. By December 16th, TikTok has requested that the court make a decision regarding the freeze. The government has already pushed back on TikTok’s emergency request for the freeze, called an injunction. In a filing on Monday, Department of Justice officials claimed the court should decline the request and permit TikTok and its users to directly request the injunction. We are having trouble locating the article’s source. In your browser’s settings, please enable JavaScript. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.