It will appeal the court order, however.
The US Commerce Department has said it will not enforce an executive order that would have effectively forced TikTok to shut down in order to comply with a Pennsylvanian federal court decision. «The Secretary’s prohibition of identified transactions pursuant to Executive Order 13942, related to TikTok, has been enjoined, and will not go into effect, pending further legal developments,» the department said. The executive order in question, issued by outgoing President Donald Trump in August, stated that TikTok would be banned unless it was divested to a US company by November 12. This has not yet been finalised, however. The presiding judge, Wendy Beetlestone, granted the block against Trump’s executive order as there was a clear likelihood that irreparable harm could be made to the plaintiffs’ ability to engage large audiences on the TikTok platform. The lawsuit was filed by three TikTok «influencers»: Douglas Marland, Cosette Rinab, and Alex Chambers.
