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Original Caption: Still Not Giving Up? US Judge Prevents Trump Administration From Implementing TikTok Ban, Trump Administration Appeals
[Informe de la Red Global, reportero Hou Jiaxin]Still not giving up? According to Reuters, on December 28 local time, the US government appealed a federal judge’s order, which prohibits the Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on the short video sharing app TikTok and effectively banning its use on the U.S.
Reuters: Judge ordered to block TikTok ban, US government appealedThe report said that without providing any real evidence, the Trump administration claimed that TikTok had national security concerns and believed that the personal data of American users would be obtained by the Chinese government. TikTok denied this accusation.
Things have to start with a ruling earlier this month. According to Reuters, in the Dec. 7 ruling, Washington, DC Judge Karl Nichols issued an order prohibiting the United States Department of Commerce from providing data custody, content delivery services, and other technology transactions for TikTok on the United States. prohibition.
Data mapWith respect to this ruling, the United States Department of Justice does not appear to intend to accept it. The United States Department of Justice reportedly stated that they are appealing Nichols’ order to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Nichols is the second judge to block the TikTok ban. According to previous reports, on October 30 local time, Pennsylvania District Court Judge Wendy Bitterstone stopped an order from the US Department of Commerce that was originally scheduled to take effect on November 12. Reuters reported at the time that Bitstone issued a temporary injunction. During the trial of this case in court, the US Department of Commerce was unable to enforce the court order prohibiting TikTok from providing data storage, content delivery, and other technical transactions to US TikTok companies.
Officials with knowledge of the situation told Reuters that as Trump’s departure approaches on January 20, the administration has less and less hope of solving the fate of TikTok in the United States. However, they also said that an agreement is still possible in January 2021.
In response to the US government’s crackdown on Chinese tech companies, including TikTok, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying once stated that US policies and attempts have been made. Relevant have nothing to do with national security, but with the killing and harassment of Chinese companies. The essence of coercion and extortion is government coercion of the transaction, a flagrant denial of the principles of the market economy and fair competition that the United States has always announced. Hua Chunying emphasized that, in fact, for some time, the United States has generalized the concept of national security, abused national power, and carried out various shameful suppressions on specific Chinese companies without any real evidence. What have you shown the world? Called naked stalking. Some people in the United States call American behavior a “digital gunboat” policy. But times are different, today China is capable of taking all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
