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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the federal ban on TikTok, which is poised to take effect in January, though the case is likely to go to the Supreme Court and it remains to be seen if President-elect Donald Trump can preserve access to the app.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied TikTok’s petition to review the law, after both sides asked for a ruling by Dec. 6, before the nationwide ban’s scheduled Jan. 19 start date.
TikTok and creators on the app sued the federal government in an effort to halt the ban, which forces TikTok to either divest from Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance or else be banned from U.S. app stores. TikTok argued the ban infringes on the company’s First Amendment rights and divesting from ByteDance is “not possible technologically, commercially, or legally,” while the government maintained the ban was essential for national security—though the specific evidence to justify that is under seal and was not publicly released.The case is likely to get appealed to the Supreme Court before Jan.
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