A federal judge is issuing an injunction at the 11th hour
The TikTok logo is seen displayed on a smartphone.A D.C. federal judge is giving TikTok a temporary reprieve from the U.S. government's rollout of a ban on the popular video app. A partial injunction order came after an emergency court hearing on Sunday.
At Sunday's hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols said he understood TikTok's presentation about irreparable harm, one of the main prongs for an injunction. The company says that a shutdown, even one lifted within two months, would result in a drop off of between 40 percent and 50 percent of its daily active users, who would be unlikely to return."This case is about the freedom of expression," said Hall."Yes, TikTok is an app, but it is more than that.
Nichols was appointed to the federal bench last year by Trump. His most notable decision until now came in Aug 2019 when he issued a temporary restraining order that barred New York from handing over Trump's state tax returns to the House of Representatives. Under Trump's ban, TikTok wouldn't be on App Stores for the next six weeks, meaning new users couldn't download the video app, and existing users wouldn't be able to get updates. After November 12, TikTok would likely disappear from the country altogether as other companies wouldn't be able to offer cloud and internet services for the app. Hall argued that the App Store ban amounted to a"blunt way to whack the company while doing nothing to achieve the stated objection.
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