China's online communication platform social app Wechat restricted in the United States (Reuters)
The Commerce Department last Friday (September 18) ordered a ban on downloading WeChat (social app international) and TikTok( overseas) mobile apps from 00:00 on Monday (September 21,2020. However, for different reasons, the two prohibitions will not take effect for the time being.
U.S. federal judge issued an interim ruling Sunday preventing Trump from demanding companies such as Apple and Google remove social app. from mobile app stores
judge biller said in a ruling that social app users in a lawsuit raised serious questions about the freedom of speech they should enjoy under the first amendment, while government did not provide sufficient evidence that a ban would address government concerns about china threat u.s. national security.
judge interim ruling also prevented the Commerce Department from banning U.S. companies or individuals from trading with social app.
The commerce ministry urged judge not to stop the government ban, saying it would frustrate the president's determination to best protect national security.
social app more than 1 billion users worldwide. An estimated 19 million social app are downloaded in the United States, mainly in the Chinese community.
The U.S. social app users who filed the lawsuit union praised the judge ruling in a statement as an important and hard-won victory for millions social app U.S. users.
Furthermore, the Commerce Department said Saturday it would postpone a week's execution of its order to ban downloads of TikTok( overseas version) from Monday. President Trump said Saturday that he supported in principle an agreement between Oracle and Wal-Mart to buy TikTok and control its U.S operations.
(Reuters)- Reuters reports. )
