A federal court has rejected TikTok’s request to temporarily put on hold a law that could have resulted in a ban on the app next month. The ruling comes in response to an emergency injunction filed by TikTok earlier this week, the latest legal setback for the company as it tries to avoid a blanket ban on its app in the United States.
In its request to delay the law’s entry into force, TikTok said it planned to appeal to the Supreme Court. The company’s lawyers also noted that President-elect Donald Trump may want to do things differently given some of his past comments about the app. But in a brief order, the three-judge panel rejected the request, writing that the suspension was “unwarranted.”
TikTok’s future now depends on the Supreme Court, although there’s no guarantee the court will agree to hear the case. “As we have said before, we plan to take this case to the Supreme Court, which has a strong track record of protecting Americans’ right to free speech,” the company said in a statement. a statement. “Unless the TikTok ban is stopped, on January 19, 2025, the voices of more than 170 million Americans in the United States and around the world will be silenced.”
