U.S. appeals court rejects immediate WeChat ban
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A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a Justice Department request that it allow the government to immediately ban the Apple and Google app stores from offering Tencent's WeChat for download in U.S. app stores.

The three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said in a brief order the government had not demonstrated it would "suffer an imminent, irreparable injury during the pendency of this appeal, which is being expedited.” 

On Friday, a U.S. judge in San Francisco rejected a Justice Department request to reverse her decision preventing the WeChat ban.

Source(s): Reuters