TikTok loses its bid to pause the regulation that would ban it subsequent month

A federal court docket has denied TikTok’s request for a brief pause of a regulation that would 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 regulation taking impact, TikTok indicated that it deliberate to enchantment to the Supreme Court docket. The corporate’s legal professionals additionally cited the likelihood that President-elect Donald Trump might wish to take a distinct strategy 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 relies on the Supreme Court docket, although there’s no assure the court docket will agree to listen to the case. “As we now have 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 around the globe shall be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 except the TikTok ban is halted.”