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Trump’s administration blocked from banning new TikTok downloads

A US judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download at 11:59 pm on Sunday.

The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's US head office in Culver City, California, US, Sept. 15, 2020. [Reuters]

US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington said in a brief order late on Sunday he was issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the TikTok app store ban from taking effect.

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