TikTok Files for Injunction to Stop Ban of App

TikTok Files for Injunction to Stop Ban of App

While President Trump has blessed a deal for TikTok, the video app filed to stop a ban of its service that is set to go into effect on Sunday.In its filing on Wednesday, TikTok requested that an expedited hearing for a preliminary injunction occur before the Sept. 27 deadline.Credit...Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBy Mike IsaacSAN FRANCISCO — TikTok, the short-form viral video app, asked for a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration on Wednesday, a legal maneuver aimed at protecting the company's service in the United States against a potential ban.The request, filed in the District Court for the District of Columbia, is in response to Commerce Department rules that Apple and Google remove the TikTok app from their respective app stores by Sunday for American users, and cease to provide further