(NEXSTAR) – You may not be able to doomscroll on TikTok much longer unless the social media company finds a way to stop a new law from going into effect.
The rule, which was signed into law in April, requires TikTok to break ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance before January 19 or it will be banned in the U.S.
Lawmakers have been urging ByteDance to divest by the deadline so Americans can stay on the app, but that hasn't happened. Instead, the company has been fighting the law in court, arguing it violates the First Amendment. But last week, a federal appeals court panel unanimously upheld the law.
TikTok and ByteDance are appealing to the Supreme Court, though it's unclear whether the court will take up the case. An injunction could also halt the law from going into effect and give the nation's highest court more time to consider the........