After a judge blocked the Trump administrator’s ban on WeChat, now TikTok is also asking a U.S. judge to block order that would require Apple App Store and Google Play Store to remove the TikTok application for new downloads.
The ban on new downloads for WeChat and TikTok was set to take effect from 20th September but TikTok was given another week because of the “recent positive developments” where the company was in talks with Oracle for a deal.
The United States government is citing national security risk as a reason for banning Chinese apps but TikTok has said that the restrictions “were not motivated by a genuine national security concern, but rather by political considerations relating to the upcoming general election.”
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In order to avoid getting banned in the United States, ByteDance has agreed to set up a new entity called TikTok Global with 80 percent of the stake. The remaining stake will be acquired by Oracle and Walmart.
While Oracle will take 12.5 percent stake, Walmart will be taking a 7.5 percent stake as well as a seat on the board. Donald Trump has already approved the deal but it remains to be seen if the Chinese government has any say related to this development.
Recently, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler blocked the ban on WeChat just as the restrictions were about to go into effect. She also ruled to temporarily halt ban on transactions for the application in the United States.
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