The U.S. Department of Commerce says it will temporarily not enforce the ban on TikTok
China News Agency, Washington, November 12 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The US Department of Commerce issued a statement on the 12th local time that it will temporarily not implement the ban on TikTok.
The U.S. Department of Commerce said in a federal announcement that because a federal judge rejected the ban on October 30, the Commerce Department will suspend the enforcement of the ban on TikTok.
The statement also said that the ban will not take effect "until further court results appear."
On October 30, Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Federal District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dismissed the Commerce Department’s injunction against TikTok.
Bileston stated that the government's actions "posed a threat to the'smooth communication of information'" and therefore may exceed the government's powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
This law is the legal basis for the Trump administration to take action against TikTok.
According to US media reports, the US government has appealed the ruling on the 12th.
The US Department of Commerce announced the ban on TikTok on September 18, and said that the ban will take effect on November 12.
In addition, TikTok and its parent company ByteDance requested a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on the 10th to cancel the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) order that ByteDance needed to divest TikTok.
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