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TikTok ban meets another setback in US court, a victory for creators

2020-11-01 09:30:24       source:Global Times

October 31, 2020


The executive order issued by the Trump administration to ban Chinese video-sharing app TikTok encountered another setback following a US federal judge's ruling blocking the administration from outlawing TikTok's US operation, which was set to take effect on November 12.

US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Pennsylvania ruled on Friday that Trump, who cited the national security threat reason, had exceeded his authority in invoking his emergency economic powers to impose sanctions against TikTok.

"The government's own descriptions of the national security threat posed by the TikTok app are phrased in the hypothetical," Beetlestone said in her opinion.


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