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

A federal court docket 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 USA.

In its request for a delay within the legislation taking impact, TikTok indicated that it deliberate to attraction to the Supreme Court docket. The corporate’s legal professionals additionally cited the chance that President-elect Donald Trump could need to take a special method given a few of Trump’s previous feedback in regards to the app. However in a short 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 court docket will agree to listen to the case. “As we have now beforehand acknowledged, we plan on taking this case to the Supreme Court docket, which has a longtime historic file of defending Individuals’ proper to free speech,” the corporate stated in a statement. “The voices of over 170 million Individuals right here within the US and around the globe can be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 until the TikTok ban is halted.”