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TikTok asks Supreme Court to block law that could ban popular app

NBC News · Lawrence Hurley · last updated
WASHINGTON — TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a law that could potentially ban the video-based social media app, which has millions of American users. At issue is a bipartisan measure passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden that would go into effect on Jan.

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