But TikTok argues the law runs afoul of the First Amendment while other opponents claim it mirrors crackdowns sometimes seen in authoritarian countries abroad. In court documents submitted over the summer, the Justice Department emphasized the government ...

Sept 5 (Reuters) - TikTok and a group of creators on the popular short video app have tapped a pair of leading U.S. Supreme Court lawyers to battle the U.S. government over a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban.

Lawyers for TikTok and parent company ByteDance will square off with the Justice Department in a Washington courtroom on Monday over the fate of a law that could ban the short video app used by 170 million Americans as soon as Jan.

A three-judge federal appeals court panel will hear ByteDance's fight to continue operating the video social media app TikTok in the United States without selling its assets.

TikTok will be in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video app in the United States early next year.