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

A federal court docket has denied TikTok’s request for a brief pause of a regulation 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 america.

In its request for a delay within the regulation taking impact, TikTok indicated that it deliberate to enchantment to the Supreme Courtroom. The corporate’s legal professionals additionally cited the likelihood that President-elect Donald Trump could wish to take a distinct strategy 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 is determined by the Supreme Courtroom, although there’s no assure the court docket will agree to listen to the case. “As we’ve got beforehand acknowledged, we plan on taking this case to the Supreme Courtroom, 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 all over the world will likely be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 except the TikTok ban is halted.”