TikTok plans to file a lawsuit over President Trump’s executive order banning the video-sharing service from the U.S., National Public Radio reported.
TikTok plans to file a federal lawsuit as soon as Tuesday to challenge President Trump’s executive order banning the video-sharing service from the U.S. as unconstitutional, National Public Radio reported.
The lawsuit will be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, where TikTok’s American operations are based, NPR said, citing a person familiar with the matter whom it didn’t identify. It will argue that the president’s action is unconstitutional because it failed to give the company a chance to respond and that the U.S. government’s national-security justification for the order is baseless, according to the report.
Chinese-owned TikTok responded in a blog post Friday that it is “shocked” and will pursue all remedies available, including in U.S. courts. A company spokesman reached by phone Saturday declined to comment on the NPR report and referred to the earlier blog post. Trump signed executive orders Thursday prohibiting U.S. residents and companies from doing business with TikTok and Tencent Holdings’ WeChat apps, effective in 45 days, citing the national-security risk of leaving Americans’ personal data exposed.Trump made the order under a 1977 law that lets the U.S. president declare a national emergency in response to an “unusual and extraordinary threat,” allowing him to block transactions and seize assets.
The president is stepping up his campaign against China, betting that a hard line will help him win November’s election despite upsetting millions of younger TikTok users.
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