TikTok files emergency petition seeking injunction from US

After years of talks about banning TikTok in the US, owner ByteDance has until January 19, 2025 to sell its US operations. For popular video sharing apps Otherwise, it may be banned at the national level. With that deadline just over a month away, ByteDance has filed an emergency request for an injunction delaying the potential ban.

ByteDance, owner of TikTok, has announced Motion for injunction This morning, the company is looking to suspend the ban until the Supreme Court hears its appeal of the decision. TikTok has argued that small businesses and creators will stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars if the platform is banned.

Earlier this year, ByteDance alleged that banning TikTok would violate the First Amendment. This is an argument that the company has emphasized many times. As the deadline approaches in January It looks like a decision regarding TikTok might come sooner rather than later.