Temporary relief for TikTok as judge halts Trump’s download ban till November 12

District Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok.

ByteDance applies for Chinese licence to sell TikTok stake to Oracle

Beijing tightened control over technology exports last month to gain leverage over Washington’s bid to force a sale of TikTok to US owners.

Until July 1, when rumours of a ban first began to circulate, TikTok was adding some 424,000 new US users each day.

It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly notify the others.

A day earlier, he said he had given his blessing to Oracle and Walmart to make a deal with ByteDance for TikTok, but the terms were unclear.

Oracle will host all US user data and manage security, while Walmart will supply its online sales, order management and payment services.

Although young users, who make up TikTok’sprimary base, don’t seem to have paid attention to the upcoming ban, the above-20s have reacted.

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in the US.

YouTube Shorts videos are limited to 15 seconds, according to the Google-owned platform used by some 2 billion people worldwide.

The bid would be handled by a government panel that reviews foreign transactions for national security concerns.