Judge says U.S. must defend or delay TikTok app store ban by Friday
Source: Reuters
U.S. LEGAL NEWS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 1:41 PM UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Judge says U.S. must defend or delay TikTok app store ban by Friday
By David Shepardson
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said Thursday the Trump administration must either delay a ban on U.S. app stores offering TikTok for download or file legal papers defending the decision by Friday.
The U.S. Commerce Department order banning Apple Inc AAPL.O and Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google app stores from offering the short video sharing app for new downloads is set to take effect late Sunday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said the government must file a response to a request by TikTok for a preliminary injunction or delay the order by 2:30 p.m. EDT Friday.
A federal judge in San Francisco on Saturday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a similar Commerce Department order from taking effect on Sunday on Tencent Holdings’ WeChat app.
The Commerce Department said it plans to challenge the WeChat injunction, but government lawyers have not yet filed a appeal.
U.S. officials have expressed serious concerns that the personal data of as many as 100 million Americans that use TikTok was being passed on to China’s Communist Party government.
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