US judge bars Trump administration’s move against WeChat downloads
US commerce department had issued order affecting Apple and Google citing national security grounds
20 September 2020 - 19:06
Washington — A US judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple and Alphabet’s Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday.
US magistrate judge Laurel Beeler Francisco said in Francisco in an order that WeChat users who filed a lawsuit “have shown serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim, the balance of hardships tips in the plaintiffs’ favour”...
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