TikTok loses its bid to pause the legislation that might ban it subsequent month

A federal courtroom has denied TikTok’s request for a brief pause of a legislation that might end in a ban of the app subsequent month. The ruling, which got here in response to an emergency injunction filed by TikTok earlier this week, is the most recent authorized setback for the corporate because it tries to keep away from a complete ban of its app in the US.

In its request for a delay within the legislation taking impact, TikTok indicated that it deliberate to enchantment to the Supreme Court docket. The corporate’s attorneys additionally cited the likelihood that President-elect Donald Trump might wish to take a special strategy given a few of Trump’s previous feedback in regards to the app. However in a quick order, a panel of three judges denied that request, writing that such a pause was “unwarranted.”

TikTok’s future now will depend on the Supreme Court docket, although there’s no assure the courtroom will agree to listen to the case. “As we’ve beforehand acknowledged, we plan on taking this case to the Supreme Court docket, which has a longtime historic report of defending People’ proper to free speech,” the corporate stated in a statement. “The voices of over 170 million People right here within the US and around the globe will probably be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 except the TikTok ban is halted.”