TikTok ban: Trump administration appeals court order limiting restrictions

TikTok ban: Trump administration appeals court order limiting restrictions

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The U.S. government on Monday appealed against a ruling handed down by a federal judge earlier this month, preventing authorities from fully enforcing its restrictions on the popular short-form video app.

The appeal disputes a preliminary ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols on Dec. 7, which prevented the U.S. Department of Commerce from enforcing rules that would make it illegal for infrastructure companies to transport TikTok’s network traffic.

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The ruling follows an earlier order that prevented the Department of Commerce from banning the download of TikTok from US app stores.

TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The company has been in the Trump administration for months. US President Donald Trump has accused TikTok of posing a national security risk by forcing its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to hand over TikTok’s user data to the Chinese government. TikTok denied the claim, saying that TikTok stores US user data in Virginia and Singapore of the attainment of Chinese law.

TikTok has reached an agreement with the US government that is intended to satisfy its concerns that US investors would bring, such as Oracle (ORCL) and Walmart (WMT). But the deal has not yet been finalized.
Earlier this month, the US government did not want to extend a deadline set by ByteDance to sell the app. But it also decided not to enforce an executive order requiring the sale.

This prompted negotiations between TikTok and US officials to continue. But it is not clear whether concerns about the app will be resolved before President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month.

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