In a new filing, the Justice Department said the Trump administration's WeChat ban won't target those who use it only for personal communication.
won’t target people who use it to communicate, according to a government court filing Wednesday.
The nonprofit U.S. WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for doing their jobs, worshiping and staying in touch with relatives in Chinain federal court in California. The lawsuit says the ban violates its U.S. users’ freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.
The Justice Department said in Wednesday’s filing that the Commerce Department “does not intend to take actions that would target persons or groups whose only connection with WeChat is their use or downloading of the app to convey personal or business information between users.” It said such users would not be exposed to “criminal or civil liability.”
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