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Biden administration asks courts to dismiss Trump-era bans on TikTok
- Tuesday | 13th July, 2021
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 Justice Department said Monday that the government’s legal challenges were now moot. Biden’s executive order also revoked another Trump order signed in January that targeted eight other communications and financial technology software applications. That Trump order directed officials to ban transactions with eight Chinese apps, including Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s QQ Wallet and WeChat pay.
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