ByteDance, TikTok and a group of TikTok creators have filed suits to block the law that could ban the app if the company fails to divest by Jan. 19.
A U.S. appeals court said it will hold oral arguments on legal challenges to a new law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a ban on bump stocks attachments that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly was unconstitutional.
A U.S. appeals court set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have filed a lawsuit against the United States government over the potential ban of the app.
Biden has now signed legislation that could ban TikTok if it is not sold to a U.S.-based company in the next year.
The House passed a series of bills to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan along with the potential ban of TikTok.
The House has passed a legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States.