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Judge plans to decide on TikTok U.S. app store ban by end of day
Source: Reuters
BUSINESS NEWS
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 11:17 AM UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO
Judge plans to decide on TikTok U.S. app store ban by end of day
By David Shepardson
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Washington said he plans to decide later on Sunday whether to block a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said after a 90-minute Sunday morning hearing that he plans to issue a public order later in the day. The Commerce Department TikTok app store ban is set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. EDT (0359 GMT).
John E. Hall, a lawyer for TikTok, argued during the hearing that the ban was “unprecedented” and “irrational.”
“How does it make sense to impose this app store ban tonight when there are negotiations underway that might make it unnecessary?” Hall asked during the hearing. “This is just punitive. This is just a blunt way to whack the company. ... There is simply no urgency here.”
U.S. officials have expressed national security concerns that personal data collected on 100 million Americans who use the app could be obtained by China’s Communist Party government.
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 11:17 AM UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO
Judge plans to decide on TikTok U.S. app store ban by end of day
By David Shepardson
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Washington said he plans to decide later on Sunday whether to block a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said after a 90-minute Sunday morning hearing that he plans to issue a public order later in the day. The Commerce Department TikTok app store ban is set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. EDT (0359 GMT).
John E. Hall, a lawyer for TikTok, argued during the hearing that the ban was “unprecedented” and “irrational.”
“How does it make sense to impose this app store ban tonight when there are negotiations underway that might make it unnecessary?” Hall asked during the hearing. “This is just punitive. This is just a blunt way to whack the company. ... There is simply no urgency here.”
U.S. officials have expressed national security concerns that personal data collected on 100 million Americans who use the app could be obtained by China’s Communist Party government.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban/judge-plans-to-decide-on-tiktok-u-s-app-store-ban-by-end-of-day-idUSKBN26I0PT