A federal judge in California on Sunday blocked the Trump administration's executive order banning downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging app, WeChat.<br /><br />In her decision, the judge said the plaintiffs - a group of U.S.-based WeChat users - had raised serious questions about whether the order threatened their First Amendment rights, and that a ban would place significant hardship on the 19 million people who use the app daily in the U.S.<br /><br />Citing national security issues, the Commerce Department on Friday had issued restrictions against WeChat, owned by Chinese tech giant, Tencent.
