TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 11, 2024

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have filed an emergency injunction asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review legislation that would ban the social media app in the U.S. if ByteDance does not sell the platform by Jan. 19, 2025. The appeal follows a ruling on Friday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which upheld the ban. Under an act signed by President Joe Biden in the spring, TikTok will become illegal for distribution in the U.S. if ByteDance does not sell the platform. ByteDance has argued that selling the platform is "not possible," commercially, technologically or legally. The Tennessean has the latest in the case.