[Dismas]

Not sure if this is partisan in nature, but the ban for Tiktok will be delayed.

A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc AAPL.O and Alphabet Inc's Google GOOGL.O from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington said in a brief order late on Sunday he was issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the TikTok app store ban from taking effect.

Nichols, a nominee of President Donald Trump, declined “at this time” to block other Commerce Department restrictions set to take effect on Nov. 12 which would ban technical and business arrangements that are crucial to the proper functioning of the app.

Nichols’ detailed written opinion is expected to be released as soon as Monday.

The Commerce Department said in a statement it “will comply with the injunction and has taken immediate steps to do so.”

The statement, which defended the TikTok order and Trump’s executive order demanding owner ByteDance divest its TikTok U.S. operations within 90 days, did not specify whether the government would appeal.

Read More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-t...SKBN26I0PT

[Boudica]

Interesting. I wonder how this will all play out. Tiktok is still massive over here, though I don't entirely understand how or why xD

[huilopan]

I think TikTok would not be banned, maybe US will get access to some TikTok servers and it would not be banned.

[Boudica]

I think TikTok would not be banned, maybe US will get access to some TikTok servers and it would not be banned.

I wonder how easy/hard it will be for the US to make those arrangements, or even, if TikTok will be willing to comply.

[angrybird757]

that is sick dude really awesome

[iamcrank300]

Deciding to ban TikTok involves multiple factors, but one reason often cited is concerns over data privacy and security due to its ownership and potential access to user information by foreign entities.