TikTok vowed to sue President Donald Trump

According to The Verge, TikTok on Saturday confirmed that it would file a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump, because the new order requires parent company ByteDance to withdraw all TikTok operations in the US market. This is TikTok’s first time confirming legal action.

TikTok spokesman Josh Gartner said: “Although we completely disagree with the concerns of the US Government, for almost a year, we have been working in good faith to bring forward get a constructive solution. But what we get are inappropriate processes, because the government does not pay attention to the truth and engage in negotiations with private business.

“To ensure that the rule of law is not broken, our company and our users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to resort to the justice system . “

On August 6, President Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing all transactions with the company ByteDance, which aims to “address a national emergency related to the information technology supply chain. and media”.

The order is expected to have a period of 45 days, during which time TikTok must negotiate to sell its operations to a US company, otherwise it will be banned completely. Then on August 14, Mr. Trump signed a new order giving TikTok a 90-day deadline.

“There is plausible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … can take action that threatens to undermine US national security, ” Trump wrote in the new order, asserting ByteDance as a threat. threaten national security.

This video-sharing platform has grown at a rapid rate over the past year. In April, TikTok reported 2 billion downloads globally, with 315 million downloads in Q1 / 2020 alone.

Reference: theverge