A few hours before the government's decision to ban the application from downloading platforms took effect, Judge Carl Nicholas ruled in favor of TikTok, which had filed an appeal on September 18.
US users will continue to be able to download TikTok and its updates, at least for now.
A US judge blocked Sunday
in extremis
the suspension of the ordered application by Trump administration in the name of national security.
Donald Trump signed a decree in early August to ban the very popular social network, which belongs to the Chinese group ByteDance, unless it falls into the fold of an American company.
A few hours before the government's decision to ban the app from downloading platforms took effect, Judge Carl Nicholas ruled in favor of TikTok, which had filed an appeal on September 18.
The magistrate, appointed by Donald Trump in 2019, has however for the moment refused to suspend the total ban on the app on American soil, scheduled for November 12.
TikTok "satisfied"
The reasons for his decision are under seal to protect potentially confidential information, but are due to be released on Monday once the two sides agree.
"We are satisfied that the court has agreed with our legal arguments and prevented the implementation of the ban," responded TikTok.
The Commerce Ministry said it would comply with the judge's ruling, but fully intended "to vigorously defend the presidential decree against legal pitfalls."