TikTok Trump ban halt, App Store and Google's Play Store

 TikTok Trump ban halt, App Store and Google's Play Store.

Social media upstart TikTok on Wednesday filed an emergency injunction to stop a Trump administration order that would ban downloads of the app on Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store.

TikTok in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeks an expedited hearing and preliminary injunction against the White House order that effectively removes the app from circulation, reports Variety.

The Trump administration, citing national security concerns related to the app's Chinese owner, ByteDance, is pushing TikTok to sell its U.S. interests to a domestic company. If no deal is reached, the app will be removed from U.S. app stores on Sept. 27.

"There is simply no genuine emergency here that would justify the government's precipitous actions," TikTok said in the filing. "And there is no plausible reason to insist the prohibitions be enforced immediately."

TikTok's latest lawsuit arrives as the company attempts to finalize a deal with Oracle, Walmart and other investors, an agreement that Trump approved "in concept" on Saturday.

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