A federal appellate court has decided not to stop the TikTok plan that has been imposed by lawmakers. 

CNN reports that the DC Circuit Court of Appeals made the decision towards the end of last week.

This all started when concerns were raised about the ownership of TikTok. The concern was that the ownership has ties to the Chinese Communist Party and, as such, could be using the app to, among other things, spy on Americans.

This is what caused Congress to respond with a bill banning the app in the United States. Not everyone, though, is on board with the ban. Its most prominent opponent might just be none other than President-Elect Donald Trump.

Here's what is going on:

There has been a major legal battle taking place over the TikTok ban, with one side trying to stop the ban - either temporarily or permanently - and the other side trying to go forward with the ban.

Recently, according to CNN, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ban. If this decision stands, then the ban will go into effect on Jan. 19, 2025.

Opponents of the ban, however, are doing what they can to prevent this. After the court upheld the ban, TikTok asked for a temporary pause of the ban in order to give the company time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

This request, though, has now been denied by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

This means that the ban is one step closer to being implemented, once Jan. 19 comes around.

Looking forward

It appears that TikTok is going to proceed to try to get the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court. There is no real telling whether the case will end up before the Supreme Court and, if so, what the justices would decide.

There may, however, be another reason for TikTok's attempt to try to delay things.

It is a fact that President-Elect Trump has come out as opposed to the ban, so TikTok might be hoping that, if it can stall until Trump takes office, Trump will somehow be able to get rid of the ban. It will not be so easy, though, since the ban comes from Congress.

The Associated Press explains:

During a March interview with CNBC, Trump said he still believed TikTok posed a national security risk but opposed banning it because doing so would help its rival, Facebook . . .

We'll have to see how this situation plays out, but, for now, it appears as though the ban is going to be implemented on Jan. 19, 2025.