US government appeals order blocking TikTok ban from taking effect

The US Justice Department said it had appealed a Pennsylvania judge’s October 30 order that blocked the government from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned TikTok that were set to take effect on Thursday.

The Commerce Department’s August restrictions order was to take effect late in the day, barring transactions with ByteDance’s short video sharing app TikTok that its owner had warned would have effectively barred its use in the United States.

The Commerce Department said November 1 it would comply with Judge Wendy Beetlestone’s order, but would “vigorously defend” its actions.

TikTok did not immediately comment on the government’s appeal to the US Third Circuit.