TikTok And The DOJ Still Fighting It Out In Court Despite Oracle 'Deal'

TikTok And The DOJ Still Fighting It Out In Court Despite Oracle 'Deal'

4 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200925/15201545380/tiktok-doj-still-fighting-it-out-court-despite-oracle-deal.shtml

Even though Trump gave his supposed okay to the grifty TikTok/Oracle hosting deal, it appears that TikTok, ByteDance and the Trump administration are still busy fighting this out in court. The Trump rules to ban the app are still set to go into effect on Sunday. And while WeChat users were able to block the rules from going into effect, they still technically are scheduled to go into effect for TikTok this weekend.

TikTok has asked for an injunction to stop the ban and the court is going to decide at the last minute whether to issue an injunction in the TikTok case as well. This is, in part, because the Oracle deal (which is not a sale and accomplishes none of the stated goals of the original executive order) still needs approval from the Chinese side -- and there are indications that China wants a better deal.