Federal appeals court blocks push to delay January TikTok ban

A federal appeals court in Washington denied a request from the social platform TikTok that would effectively delay the ban of the app next month.

The rejection comes after the company sought to stop the ban Monday, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to temporarily block the law that could ban the app next month from going into effect Jan. 19 as it prepares to appeal to the Supreme Court.

In response to a request for comment, a TikTok spokesperson said the...