US appeals court says WeChat cannot be banned immediately

US appeals court says WeChat cannot be banned immediately

REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibek

A US appeals court on Monday rejected a Justice Department request that it allow the government to immediately ban Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering Tencent’s WeChat for download in US app stores.

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