TikTok is suing the U.S. Government.
TikTok said it plans to file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
TikTok said it had tried to engage with the U.S administration for nearly a year, but faced "a lack of due process" and that the government paid no attention to the 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," the company said in a written statement.
Trump issued an executive order on August 14 that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok. ByteDance has been making progress in talks with potential acquirers, including Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL). Some of ByteDance's U.S. investors could also join the winning bid to buy the company’s American operations.
While TikTok is best known for its videos of people dancing and going viral among teenagers, U.S. officials have expressed concerns that information on users could be passed on to China's government. The White House did not immediately respond to reports of the lawsuit.
