TikTok and its parent ByteDance Ltd sued Trump, the US Department of Commerce and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the federal court in Los Angeles, court records show. — AFP
Saying it had “no choice”, TikTok on Monday sued US President Donald Trump over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular short-form video-sharing app.
In a blog post, TikTok said it strongly disagreed with the White House’s position that the company was a national security threat, saying it had “taken extraordinary measures to protect the privacy and security of TikTok’s US user data”.
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