Court Refuses To Halt TikTok Ban
A federal appeals court late Friday rejected TikTok's request for an emergency order halting a law that will result in a ban on the app unless it separates from China-based parent company ByteDance.
In a two-page order, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said a temporary injunction was âunwarrantedâ for several reasons, including that TikTok still has time to ask the Supreme Court to halt the law before it takes effect.
The order came one week after the circuit court upheld the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521), which will prohibit app stores and websites from distributing TikTok unless it's divested by ByteDance.
The law gives ByteDance a January 19 deadline to find a buyer for TikTok.
The statute also provides that President Joe Biden can extend that period for up to three months, but Biden has not yet indicated whether he will do so.
The courtâs decision to uphold the TikTok ban highlights a critical moment in the fight for national security and digital sovereignty. While TikTokâs appeal centers on protecting its platform, we canât ignore the underlying risk of foreign-controlled apps influencing our data, culture, and even political discourse. For conservative marketers and political campaigns, this serves as a wake-up call: relying on platforms controlled by adversarial nations puts your strategy, data, and messaging at risk. Larryâand others invested in digital marketing best practicesâshould prioritize building campaigns on secure, domestic platforms that align with American values and protect user data. In an era where influence and information are everything, we must prioritize platforms we can trust.
~Political Media