TikTok Download Ban Temporarily Blocked by Court

After hearing the Trump administration's rationale for why it decided to ban downloads of TikTok on Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the video sharing app an injunction blocking the ban. The Trump administration has expressed concern about TikTok's parent ByteDance collecting user data, given its relationship with the Chinese governmdnt. In response, the administration mandated TikTok be sold to a U.S. company or face being banned from app stores.