The US Department of Commerce announced that it will aggressively defend the executive order seeking to ban commercial transactions with TikTok, after a federal judge suspended the action.
According to Arabiyanet, US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on Friday blocked the Ministry of Commerce order, which is due to take effect on November 12th.
This executable order effectively prevented ByteDance's TikTok from operating in the United States.
The Ministry of Commerce said: It will comply with the judicial order, but it intends to vigorously defend the Executive Order and the efforts of the Executive Ministry from legal challenges.
Pittlestone has prevented the Department of Commerce from banning the hosting of TikTok data within the United States, as well as the content distribution network and other technical dealings.
The administration of President Donald Trump claims that TikTok raises national security concerns as the Chinese government can obtain personal data collected about the 100 million Americans who use the app. / p>
Bettleston wrote: Government descriptions of the national security threat posed by TikTok are phrased by default.
US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, DC, on September 27 issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by TikTok's company, ByteDance, banning the Commerce Department The US government has requested that TikTok be removed from Google and Apple application stores, which prevents its download for new users.
Nichols is due to hold a hearing on November 4 on other aspects of the Commerce Department order that Bettleston has banned.
In a lawsuit filed by three TikTok content makers, the Bitlestone order prohibits downloading the app from app stores.
and talks were underway to finalize an initial deal for Walmart and Oracle to acquire stakes in a new company, TikTok Global, that oversees US TikTok operations.
US President Donald Trump said last month that the deal won his blessing.
