US halts ban on TikTok

The US Commerce Department has halted the TikTok ban that was set to come into force from Thursday night, preventing the app from being downloaded in the US. The Commerce Department said it will not enforce an order that would have forced TikTok to shut down, citing an injunction from a federal judge in Pennsylvania last month, reports The Verge. The ban was halted "pending further legal developments," citing a Philadelphia court ruling from September where three prominent TikTokers had argued the app should be allowed to operate in America. The judge then wrote that "the Commerce Department had likely overstepped its authority when it tried to ban transactions on the platform". (IANS)

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