The ban on new downloads was set to come into effect at 11:59 PM on Sunday. What you need to know A federal judge in Washington has granted a preliminary injunction to TikTok, temporarily blocking President Trump's ban on the video-sharing app. Had the injunction not been granted, TikTok would have been removed from Apple and Google's app stores Sunday night. However, the restrictions announced by the Commerce Department, which are set to go into effect on November 12, have not been blocked. In what can be described as a big setback for the Trump administration, a federal judge in Washington has granted a preliminary injunction to TikTok, blocking the app's ban from Apple and Google's app stores in the U.S (via The Verge ). However, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols hasn't blocked the restrictions on the app by the Commerce Department, which will go into effect on November 12. President Donald Trump declared TikTok a "national emergency" on Augu