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

A federal courtroom has denied TikTok’s request for a short lived 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 newest 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 enchantment to the Supreme Court docket. The corporate’s attorneys additionally cited the likelihood that President-elect Donald Trump might need to take a unique method given a few of Trump’s previous feedback concerning 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 have now beforehand said, we plan on taking this case to the Supreme Court docket, which has a longtime historic file of defending People’ proper to free speech,” the corporate mentioned in a statement. “The voices of over 170 million People right here within the US and all over the world can be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 except the TikTok ban is halted.”