TikTok launches legal action against Trump over ban
Chinese video app TikTok is taking legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump.Officials in Washington are concerned that the company could pass data on American users to the Chinese government, something ByteDance has denied doing.TikTok says it has tried to engage with the Mr Trump's administration for nearly a year but has encountered a lack of due process and an administration that pays"no attention to facts".
"To ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the executive order through the judicial system," a company spokesperson said.On Friday a group of Chinese-Americans filed a separate lawsuit against the president's similar ban on the social media app WeChat, which is owned by the Chinese firm, Tencent.
The growth of mobile apps developed and owned by Chinese firms"threatens the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States", Mr Trump says. "This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information," he claims in his executive order.
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