TikTok dealt another blow as ban case appears destined for Supreme Court: report
Raw StoryVideo-sharing social network TikTok was dealt a new blow on Friday, as a federal appeals court declined to temporarily block the law that could result in its ban in the United States, reported CNN. "The company had indicated in court filings that if the appeals court declined to grant interim relief, it would ask the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the law for now. "Attorneys for the company had argued to the appeals court that declining to temporarily block the law would force the Supreme Court to review the matter on its so-called shadow docket 'in mere weeks.'" The law in question, which passed on a bipartisan basis this year, technically does not ban TikTok outright — but requires that ByteDance sell the platform off to a non-Chinese company by January of next year, or be banned from inclusion on U.S. app stores.