On Friday, three justices from the federal appeals court unanimously upheld a provision that would outlaw TikTok in the US.
The measure, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden after being enacted by Congress in April, mandates that ByteDance,
The Chinese company that owns TikTok, sell the platform to an American by January 19, 2025, or risk an effective ban.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in a majority ruling that “We recognize that this decision has significant implications for TikTok and its users.”
The court said that if the platform doesn’t divest, it “will effectively be unavailable in the United States, at least for a time.”
“Consequently, TikTok’s millions of users will need to find alternative media of communication,” the report stated. The ruling on Friday paves the way for TikTok to appeal to the Supreme Court.
