U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok was temporarily blocked by a federal judge Sunday, dealing a blow to the government in its showdown with the popular Chinese-owned app it says threatens national security.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols granted a preliminary injunction against the ban on the widely used video-sharing network after an unusual Sunday morning hearing.
The judge refused to grant an injunction against a November deadline for a sale. TikTok’s owner, ByteDance Ltd., had requested the hold after the president ordered TikTok out of American app stores unless the company sold a stake in its U.S. operations to a domestic buyer.