President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.

The US Supreme Court will take up TikTok's challenge of a law that if allowed to go into effect could lead to a US ban of the popular social media platform. The nation's highest court said in mid-December that it will hear oral arguments in the case on Jan.