TikTok suffered another setback on Dec. 6 when the appeals court denied its bid to overturn the law, concluding that the U.S. government's national security concerns about the Chinese government's ability to use the app to spy on and covertly influence Americans were "compelling" and "well-founded."

A federal appeals court has left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States

A federal appeals panel Friday rejected TikTok's request that the court pause its ruling and the Jan 19th deadline for a sale.