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While the Donald Trump administration issued an executive order banning the use of the Chinese mobile messenger ‘WeChat’ in the United States, an American court came to a sudden stop and said such action would limit the First Amendment (freedom of speech).
WeChat (微 信) is a mobile messaging service operated by Chinese IT company Tencent, and the Chinese use WeChat instead of the portal as a starting point to connect. [중앙포토]
On the 20th (local time), according to local media such as the Associated Press, the day before, a California court in the United States cited a request for a temporary injunction from WeChat users requesting the administrative order of the US Department of Commerce. To stop using WeChat.
Federal Judge Laurel Biller of the Northern California District Court in the United States ruled on the 19th that “the administration’s ban on WeChat will affect the exercise of WeChat users’ rights under the First Amendment.”
Previously, WeChat users filed an injunction request with the main idea that “WeChat is a communication medium as a lifeline for Chinese Americans” and that “The WeChat ban limits freedom of speech under the First Amendment. ”
Judge Laurel ruled that “the citation of the provisional court order is in the public interest.” Judge Laurel said: “WeChat is virtually the only means of communication for many people in the Chinese community, and the WeChat ban eliminates the means of communication for plaintiffs.”
Judge Laurel concluded that “there is not much concrete evidence of security concerns” when the Commerce Department’s judgment that WeChat threatens the national security of the United States.
CNBC’s US broadcast said the Commerce Department made no official comment on the US court’s decision to cite interim injunctions, but said Commerce Department officials, who requested anonymity, said they are “preparing for a long legal battle “.
On the 20th, the US Department of Commerce announced that it would ban the use of WeChat in the US from the 20th for national security reasons. After the 20th, Google Play Store and Apple App Store will not be able to search and existing users will not be able to update it. WeChat is a messaging service with similar functions to KakaoTalk and it is an application made in China.
Reporter Shin Hye-yeon [email protected]
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