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Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale

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A federal appeals court declines to review a law that could force TikTok to sell its Chinese parent company.

Lawmakers and national security officials have long had suspicions about TikTok 's ties to China .

The appeals court said the decision will have "significant implications" for TikTok and its users.

The parties asked the Supreme Court to make a decision by Friday .

"We're not talking about banning Tocqueville in the United States ," Rao countered.

Ginsburg : "It describes a category of companies, all of which are owned by or controlled by adversary powers and subjects one company to an immediate necessity" Justice Department lawyer Daniel Tenny : "What is being targeted is a foreign company that controls this recommendation engine".

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