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U.S. court agrees to expedite the TikTok government app store ban appeal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to speed up the Justice Department 's appeal of a decision that would block the government from blocking new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores.
U.S. — District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington granted a temporary injunction on Sept. 27 to ban the U.S. Commerce Department directs Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc 's Google App Stores to uninstall the Chinese-owned quick video sharing app for download by new customers.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has confirmed that all briefs are due on 12 November for oral arguments to be followed. The opening brief of the government is expected on Friday.
Nichols expects to hold a Nov. 4 hearing on whether to allow the U.S. government to prohibit purchases with TikTok that it warned would potentially restrict the use of the software in the United States. These restrictions are set to take effect on 12 November.
On Wednesday, TikTok demanded a temporary injunction to block the limitations, which showed the U.S. On average, users of TikTok send 80 million direct messages and post 46 million videos every day on the app.
The organization said the U.S. government has provided no proof that the TikTok source code has ever been hacked, exchanged or exploited for malicious purposes; no proof that the Chinese government has ever had access to any TikTok user data, let alone that of U.S. users; and no evidence that the TikTok recommendation engine systematically biases Chinese (or any other) political interest.
China's ByteDance, owned by TikTok, has been under pressure to sell the famous app. The White House contends that TikTok raises national security issues as personal data gathered from 100 million Americans using the software may be accessed from the Chinese government.
Any deal will continue to be reviewed by the U.S. Government Committee on International Investment in the United States (CFIUS), but no definitive agreement is planned before the election.
Negotiations are ongoing for Walmart Inc and Oracle Corp to take part in a new corporation, TikTok Corporate, to handle U.S. operations.
The core terms of the arrangement, including who will have majority control, are at issue.
A federal judge in San Francisco barred similar limitations that would prohibit the use of Tencent Holding's WeChat from taking effect. A hearing is planned for Thursday at the behest of the Government to immediately enforce the ban on the Chinese messaging app.
