TikTok Sues US Government Over Trump Ban

TikTok, the video-sharing application owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government Monday, challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to ban the company’s American operations. From a report: TikTok explained its rationale for the lawsuit in a blog post on Monday, arguing the ban prevents the company from due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. TikTok argued Trump’s executive order, made earlier this month under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, ignored the company’s efforts to prove it doesn’t share data with the Chinese government and isn’t a national security threat. “We do not take suing the government lightly, however we feel we have no choice but to take action to protect our rights, and the rights of our community and employees,” TikTok said in the blog post. “With the Executive Order threatening to bring a ban on our US operations — eliminating the creation of 10,000 American jobs and irreparably harming the millions of Americans who turn to this app for entertainment, connection and legitimate livelihoods that are vital especially during the pandemic — we simply have no choice.”