The internet advocacy group's proposed purchase would bring TikTok under American ownership and prevent it from being banned in the U.S.

As the deadline for a potential US TikTok ban approaches, businessman Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty has made a bold move. Just days before the Supreme Court hears arguments on the ban, McCourt’s internet advocacy nonprofit submitted a proposal to purchase the popular social media platform from its Chinese owner,

The Supreme Court's nine justices heard arguments on Friday in a challenge by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app by Jan.