DOJ opposes TikTok request stall download ban, calls ByteDance CEO 'mouthpiece' for CCP

The Department of Justice in a court filing on Friday opposed TikTok's requested injunction against an impending ban authorized by the Trump administration, saying a decision in TikTok's favor would weaken the president's power during a claimed national security emergency.

TikTok is facing a rapidly approaching deadline as Trump's executive order calling for a ban of the popular social media app takes effect at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. The company attempted to stop the measure by filing an emergency injunction with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia this week, and now the DOJ has responded.The Justice Department argues that blocking the ban will "infringe on the President's authority to block business-to-business economic transactions with a foreign entity in the midst of a declared national-security emergency," reports The Verge. Today's late-night filing was heavily redacted, but snippets show an aggressive defense of Trump's order.

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