- A U.S. appeals court rejected TikTok’s emergency appeal to temporarily halt a law mandating ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban in the U.S.
- The court’s unanimous decision was based on national security risks posed by Chinese ownership of TikTok, with no precedent found for pausing such an Act of Congress.
- TikTok plans to appeal to the Supreme Court, with the company arguing the law threatens free speech for its 170 million U.S. users. Read More