TikTok ban by Trump possible exceeded authorized authority, decide says

Nichols said the Trump administration provided “ample evidence” that China represents a national security threat, but that its evidence of the threat posed by TikTok “remains less substantial,” according to the court filing.

A federal judge in Washington said the Trump administration’s proposed U.S. ban on TikTok likely overstepped the government’s authority.

In an opinion unsealed on Monday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols explained his reasoning for temporarily blocking a ban on new downloads of TikTok that had been set to go into effect Sunday night. He said that TikTok was likely to succeed in proving that the proposed ban exceeded the legal authority under the emergency powers law that the Trump administration cited in announcing the ban.

Nichols said the Trump administration provided “ample evidence” that China represents a national security threat, but that its evidence of the threat posed by TikTok “remains less substantial,” according to the court filing.

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