WeChat Ban Urged by U.S. Gets Skeptical Review by Appeals Court

The Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate U.S. restrictions on the Chinese-owned WeChat app was met with skepticism by a judicial panel.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco signaled Thursday it was largely skeptical of efforts to overturn the decision of a federal magistrate judge, who last year granted a preliminary injunction to WeChat users in the U.S. who said the government restrictions amounted to an outright ban in violation of their right of free speech.