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 short lived pause of a regulation that might lead to 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 US.

In its request for a delay within the regulation taking impact, TikTok indicated that it deliberate to attraction to the Supreme Courtroom. The corporate’s legal professionals additionally cited the likelihood that President-elect Donald Trump could need to take a distinct 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 depends upon the Supreme Courtroom, although there’s no assure the court docket will agree to listen to the case. “As we’ve beforehand said, we plan on taking this case to the Supreme Courtroom, which has a longtime historic document of defending Individuals’ proper to free speech,” the corporate mentioned in a statement. “The voices of over 170 million Individuals right here within the US and world wide can be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 until the TikTok ban is halted.”