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

A federal courtroom has denied TikTok’s request for a short lived 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 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 attraction to the Supreme Courtroom. The corporate’s attorneys additionally cited the chance that President-elect Donald Trump might wish to take a distinct method 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 is determined by the Supreme Courtroom, although there’s no assure the courtroom 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 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 will probably be silenced on January nineteenth, 2025 except the TikTok ban is halted.”