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        <title><![CDATA[US judge blocks TikTok ban, calls security threat &#8216;hypothetical&#8217;]]></title>
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						<p>TikTok got yet another reprieve on Friday after a federal judge blocked <strong>a Trump administration ban</strong> which would have effectively shut down the Chinese-owned app in the US on Nov. 12.</p>
<p>The Pennsylvania judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday that will stop US officials from restricting the popular video platform&#8217;s web hosting and content delivery after three TikTok users argued that it would stop them from being able to make a living.</p>
<p>The judge wrote that because TikTok videos can be deemed &#8220;informational materials,&#8221; the president&#8217;s ban would stop the spread of the videos in addition to blocking &#8220;business-to-business transactions.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;[The ban] will have the effect of shutting down, within the United States, a platform for expressive activity used by approximately 700 million individuals globally,&#8221; the judge wrote. &#8220;Over 100 million of these TikTok users are within the United States, and at least 50 million of these US users use the app on a daily basis.&#8221;</p>
<p>The judge added that &#8220;the Government&#8217;s own descriptions of the national security threat posed by the TikTok app are phrased in the hypothetical,&#8221; and that they &#8220;cannot say the risk presented by the Government outweighs the public interest&#8221; in keeping TikTok running.</p>
<p>The government parties in the suit &#8212; which include President Trump, the Department of Commerce and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross &#8212; have argued that the TikTok&#8217;s parent company ByteDance <strong>has direct ties to officials in Beijing</strong> and could siphon personal information from American TikTok users that could then be used against the country.</p>
<p>US officials couldn&#8217;t immediately be reached for comment about the Friday ruling.</p>
			
					
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