WeChat wins right to stay in US app stores for at least a couple more months as court denies US govt appeal
(2020/10/27)
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WeChat will remain in US app stores until at least January 2021 after the Ninth District Court of Appeals denied the US Government’s attempt to have its ban re-enforced.
US president Donald Trump issued an executive order banning WeChat on August 6th, [1]citing data harvesting that “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information” as a menace that must be stopped. The executive order prohibited any form of transaction with WeChat, with the effect that offering it in an app store or even carrying traffic from the app was prohibited.
A group called the U.S. WeChat Users Alliance (USWA), which seemingly just likes using WeChat, opposed the Executive Order in court and in late September [2]won an injunction against the ban.
The US government appealed.
And late on Monday afternoon, US time, the Ninth District Court of Appeals popped out a brief [3]order [PDF] that says the injunction preventing the ban can stand.
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The reasoning offered by judges Fletcher, Berzon and Bybee was simple: “Appellants [the US government] have not demonstrated that they will suffer an imminent, irreparable injury during the pendency of this appeal, which is being expedited.”
And with that, the three judges ordered the matter to be placed on its calendar of hearings for January 2021.
Court dates for 2021 have not been revealed at the time of writing so The Register glanced at sitting days for the court during January 2021. A handful of dates were available before the 21st of the month – a significant spot on the calendar as it marks the day on which a new president will be sworn in. Democratic challenger Joe Biden, currently favored to win the White House, has said that he considers TikTok’s presence in the USA “a matter of genuine concern” but appears not to have outlined a policy position directly related to WeChat.
The Democratic Party’s platform says a Biden administration would “demand China and other countries cease and desist from conducting cyberespionage against our companies” and a China policy that will “draw on the sources of American strength—the openness of our society, the dynamism of our economy, and the power of our alliances to shape and enforce international norms that reflect our values.” ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/07/us_wechat_tiktok_national_security_threats/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/20/wechat_injunction/
[3] https://regmedia.co.uk/2020/10/27/wechat_appeal_order.pdf
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/05/china_tiktok_wto/
[5] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
US president Donald Trump issued an executive order banning WeChat on August 6th, [1]citing data harvesting that “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information” as a menace that must be stopped. The executive order prohibited any form of transaction with WeChat, with the effect that offering it in an app store or even carrying traffic from the app was prohibited.
A group called the U.S. WeChat Users Alliance (USWA), which seemingly just likes using WeChat, opposed the Executive Order in court and in late September [2]won an injunction against the ban.
The US government appealed.
And late on Monday afternoon, US time, the Ninth District Court of Appeals popped out a brief [3]order [PDF] that says the injunction preventing the ban can stand.
China takes TikTok-WeChat ding-dong to World Trade Organization, accuses US, India of breaking global rules [4]READ MORE
The reasoning offered by judges Fletcher, Berzon and Bybee was simple: “Appellants [the US government] have not demonstrated that they will suffer an imminent, irreparable injury during the pendency of this appeal, which is being expedited.”
And with that, the three judges ordered the matter to be placed on its calendar of hearings for January 2021.
Court dates for 2021 have not been revealed at the time of writing so The Register glanced at sitting days for the court during January 2021. A handful of dates were available before the 21st of the month – a significant spot on the calendar as it marks the day on which a new president will be sworn in. Democratic challenger Joe Biden, currently favored to win the White House, has said that he considers TikTok’s presence in the USA “a matter of genuine concern” but appears not to have outlined a policy position directly related to WeChat.
The Democratic Party’s platform says a Biden administration would “demand China and other countries cease and desist from conducting cyberespionage against our companies” and a China policy that will “draw on the sources of American strength—the openness of our society, the dynamism of our economy, and the power of our alliances to shape and enforce international norms that reflect our values.” ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/07/us_wechat_tiktok_national_security_threats/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/20/wechat_injunction/
[3] https://regmedia.co.uk/2020/10/27/wechat_appeal_order.pdf
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/05/china_tiktok_wto/
[5] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
“demand [..] countries cease and desist from conducting cyberespionage against our companies”
Pascal Monett
Start by demanding that Facebook be actually transparent about what ads it shows to which people.
And throw The Zuck in jail if he doesn't comply. It is high time somebody kicked him down a notch - or ten.
They should block that Schedule F change
They should block this Executive order aswell. The "move people to Schedule F, then fire them for doing their job" executive order.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/10/24/trump-new-executive-order-may-make-it-easier-to-fire-scientists-like-fauci/#2f55bd554252
"Separating employees who cannot or will not meet required performance standards is important, and it is particularly important with regard to employees in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions. High performance by such employees can meaningfully enhance agency operations, while poor performance can significantly hinder them. Senior agency officials report that poor performance by career employees in policy-relevant positions has resulted in long delays and substandard-quality work for important agency projects, such as drafting and issuing regulations."
Fauci says wear masks because it stops spreading disease. Trump says don't wear masks because he'd have to admit he lied about the virus.
Fauci's team wrote long detailed instructions on how to prevent spread of the virus. Trump's team crossed out the major parts and changed "required" to "recommended".
Fauci's team said test test test. Trumps Fox New guy says, "don't need to test if you've been near an infected person" (yeh really he changed the testing guildines to say that).
Fauci tries to do his job and save lives. Trump's Fox News guys is intentionally killing hundreds of thousands more people rather than admit Trump is wrong.
A lot of Trump's executive orders are written by the little yes men enablers trying to subvert the rule of law, and this is just another one of them. It shouldn't stand the test of law.