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Judge rules TikTok can bypass US blackout for now

2020-09-28T18:53:39.221Z


A federal judge partially granted TikTok's request for a temporary injunction against a Trump administration blockade.


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(CNN Business) -

TikTok will not leave the United States app stores and will not face a lockdown in the country, at least not for now.

A federal judge on Sunday partially granted TikTok's request for a temporary injunction against a Trump administration blockade to ban the app in the United States.

The ruling blocks a US government ban on app downloads just hours before the policy took effect.

The decision is a victory for TikTok after it challenged the ban as unconstitutional and a violation of due process.

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Blocking TikTok

The ban would have been an "extraordinary move at the same time that the need for free, open and accessible communication in the United States is at its zenith" before a presidential election, John Hall, a lawyer representing TikTok, said during a emergency hearing, this Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, government attorneys argued at that hearing that ownership of TikTok by a Chinese firm represented an "immediate danger" to national security.

The app's parent company, ByteDance, is based in Beijing.

The Trump administration has claimed that the data of US users of the app is at risk of ending up in the hands of the Chinese government.

(Tiktok has denied this as a possibility and says it keeps the American data in the United States, with a backup in Singapore.)

Judge Carl Nichols' opinion was issued sealed, so his exact reasoning for the order is not public.

But during the emergency hearing, Nichols indicated that the Trump administration's blockade, as structured, could be seen as a "fairly significant deprivation" of the company's due process rights.

The Commerce Department announced earlier this month that TikTok downloads would be banned from September 20 and further restrictions would take effect on November 12, making it illegal for internet backbones to carry internet traffic from TikTok.

(These companies help route traffic from web servers to home internet providers.)

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TikTok negotiations

The Commerce Department pushed back its initial deadline, last weekend, after President Donald Trump gave his tentative approval to a deal involving TikTok, ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart.

The deal, which has yet to be finalized, was aimed at addressing Trump's national security concerns over the enforcement and granting at least partial ownership to American companies and investors.

TikTok said in a statement that it was "satisfied" with the ruling.

"We will continue to defend our rights for the benefit of our community and employees," the company said, adding that it continues to speak with the government about the proposal that Trump tentatively approved.

The Commerce Department said Sunday night that it would comply with the injunction, but added that its provision was "fully consistent with the law and promotes legitimate national security interests."

He added that the US government intends to "vigorously defend" its policy.

- Kevin Bohn contributed to this report.

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Source: cnnespanol

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