Supreme court agrees to hear TikTok challenge to law ending its US operations

Court will hear two hours of oral arguments on 10 January and consider the social media app’s challenge to the law

The US supreme court said on Wednesday that it would hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that could make the company’s popular video app disappear from the US.

In its order on Wednesday, the supreme court said it would set aside two hours for oral arguments on 10 January to consider TikTok’s lawsuit against the justice department and the attorney general, Merrick Garland.

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