The White House has said TikTok is a national security and privacy threat because it’s owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.
TikTok plans to sue the Trump administration over an executive order effectively banning the app unless it’s sold to the U.S. company in 45 days, NPRIn this photo illustration, the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on August 7, 2020 inis unconstitutional because it did not give the company enough notice to respond.
The Trump administration has argued that TikTok is a national security and privacy threat because it could be forced to hand over data on American users to the Chinese government since it is owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance.shared by the CIA—and will also argue the administration's national security concerns are baseless, according to NPR.
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