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(Photo : Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) In this photo illustration the Chinese video-sharing social.
CHINA - 2021/04/02: In this photo illustration the Chinese video-sharing social networking service company TikTok logo is seen on an Android mobile device with United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US), flag in the background.
PThe Biden administration petitioned a federal appeals court on Monday for a ruling that would put a stop to the Trump administration s efforts to block new TikTok downloads. In a legal filing, the US Justice Department stated that the lawsuit against the Chinese-owned video-sharing app is now moot and that the cases had been voluntarily dropped by the government.
Biden administration asks courts to dismiss government appeals of TikTok ruling
By David Shepardson
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Monday asked two federal appeals courts to dismiss the Justice Department s legal challenges to court rulings that barred a Trump-era effort to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
Last month, President Joe Biden withdrew a series of executive orders issued by former President Donald Trump that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat, TikTok and other Chinese apps and ordered a new review.
The Commerce Department on June 22 formally withdrew a list of prohibited transactions with ByteDance-owned TikTok and Tencent-owned WeChat issued in September that sought to bar downloads of the apps.
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