A federal court judge on Sunday granted TikTok’s request for a temporary restraining order against a ban by the Trump administration.
Driving the news: Judge Carl Nichols on Monday unsealed his opinion, in which he concluded that the ban seeks to regulate the exchange of “informational materials” — something that’s expressly exempted from the law laying out the emergency powers Trump invoked.
- Nichols, a Trump appointee, also said it was “not plausible that the films, photos, art, or even personal information U.S. users share on TikTok fall within the plain meaning of the Espionage Act,” another law Trump’s order cited in setting out a national security rationale for a ban. Continue reading.