Trump Appeals Judge’s Injunction on U.S. WeChat Prohibitions

  • Administration files notice of appeal in WeChat users lawsuit
  • U.S. previously asked to stay injunction pending its appeal
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate the prohibitions against Chinese-owned social media app WeChat in the U.S. that were blocked by a judge last month.

The administration filed a notice of appeal Friday in the San Francisco federal court where a group of U.S. WeChat users won a preliminary injunction against what they said amounted to an outright ban of WeChat, which is used by millions of Chinese-speaking Americans.