TikTok is losing its bid to stop a law that could ban it next month

There is a federal court to reject TikTok has requested a temporary halt to a law that could lead to the app being banned next month. The ruling came in response to A Emergency injunction The lawsuit, filed by TikTok earlier this week, is the company’s latest legal setback as it tries to avoid a complete ban of its app in the United States.

In its request to postpone the entry into force of the law, TikTok indicated that it plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. The company’s lawyers also pointed out the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump might want to take a different approach given some of Trump’s past comments about the app. But in a summary order, a three-judge panel denied that request, writing that such a stoppage was “unwarranted.”

TikTok’s future now depends on the Supreme Court, although there is no guarantee that the court will agree to hear the case. “As previously stated, we plan to take this case to the Supreme Court, which has a well-established historical record of protecting Americans’ right to free expression,” the company said in a statement. statement. “The voices of more than 170 million Americans will be silenced here in the United States and around the world on January 19, 2025 unless the TikTok ban is stopped.”