What is happening TODAY?
This last ditch legal bid by TikTok and Chinese owners ByteDance is scheduled to begin shortly.
Two hours have been allotted for oral arguments from representatives for TikTok and ByteDance, and content creators who are also fighting the ban, as well the US government, who will argue it should be upheld.
Noel J Francisco – a former US solicitor general during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term – will have 30 minutes to make the case for TikTok and ByteDance when the hearing starts.
He will be followed by Stanford Law professor Jeffrey L Fisher, representing TikTok creators who joined the company in suing the US over its law.
Prof Fisher will have 30 minutes to articulate creators’ concerns over the impact of the app’s US ban on their livelihoods and free expression.