Security News > 2020 > September > Judge narrowly saves TikTok from latest US app store ban
With a ban of the app set to take place just before midnight on Sunday, a judge in the US District Court for Washington, D.C., earlier in the day found in favor of an injunction filed by TikTok owner ByteDance challenging an executive order from Donald Trump.
Signed by Trump on Aug. 6, 2020, the order would have prohibited any US app store from distributing or maintaining the TikTok app, code, or updates.
Originally set to take place on Sept. 20, the ban was postponed for a week following a prospective deal that promises to deliver part of TikTok to US companies Oracle and Walmart.
These additional restrictions would ban any US company from hosting or using TikTok services or features, effectively killing the use of the app.
On Sept. 19, TikTok announced that Oracle and Walmart had agreed to purchase up to 20% of a new US-based entity to be called TikTok Global.
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