Nuked A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction that should keep the US Commerce Department from banning transactions with TikTok. A judge has issued an injunction that could keep the U.S. Commerce Department away from banning the transactions.
Trump declared TikTok and WeChat a’national emergency,’ citing privacy and security concerns. That order invoked the international emergency economic powers act, a law that allows Trump to ban transactions between the US and foreign entities.
Us district judge Carl Nichols granted TikTok’s motion for a preliminary injunction against each item the Commerce Department was attempting to prohibit.
Nichols previously granted a preliminary injunction that allowed people to continue downloading the app in the US. At that time, he did n’t rule on the Commerce Department’s other restrictions.
A Pennsylvania federal judge has effectively stopped TikTok from shutting down on October 30th. The Commerce Department had already conceded the matter last month, saying it would n’t enforce the shutdown order on November 12th.
‘we’re pleased that the court agreed with us and granted a preliminary injunction against all the prohibitions of the executive order,’ TikTok spokesperson said.
‘the E.O. Is fully consistent with law and promotes legitimate national security interests,’ a Commerce Department spokesperson said. The government will continue to comply with the injunctions and has taken immediate steps to do so, but intends to vigorously defend the E.O.
The Trump administration had set a December 4th deadline to sell or spin out TikTok’s business in the US. The government said that day that it would not extend or enforce the deadline.
