New episode in the technological war between the United States and China over the WeChat and TikTok applications.
The decision to prevent the normal functioning of the applications, as of Sunday, was suspended by a Californian judge.
A Californian judge has temporarily suspended a decision by the American administration which was, in the name of national security, to prevent from Sunday the normal functioning in the United States of the WeChat application, of the Chinese giant Tencent.
The Commerce Department announced on Friday that it would ban downloading of the platform used by some 19 million users on U.S. soil for messaging, shopping, payments and other services, as well as its use for any transfer. financial and other functions.
Non-compliance with the First Amendment of the US Constitution
It had been challenged in court by a group of users.
According to Judge Laurel Beeler's ruling, the plaintiffs demonstrated that the Commerce Department's ruling raised "serious questions" about compliance with the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees free speech.
The Commerce Department did not immediately respond to the requests.
The download ban announced on Friday also affected the popular TikTok short video app.
But the latter was postponed Saturday evening to September 27 as TikTok reached an agreement on the management of its activities in the United States with Oracle and Walmart having received the green light from US President Donald Trump.
This deal has yet to be finalized by the companies involved and approved by a US government national security committee.
The Commerce Department justified its decision on Friday by saying that "the Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated that it has the means and the intention to use these applications to threaten national security, foreign policy and the economy of the States. United".