TikTok 'to sue Trump administration' in effort to stop president's ban

The Independent
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TikTok, the popular social media platform owned by the Beijing-based company ByteDance, will reportedly file a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the president signed an executive order effectively banning the app in the US in 45 days.

The lawsuit, first reported by NPR, could be filed against the White House as early as Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of California.

It follows an executive order Mr Trump signed on Thursday outlawing “any transaction” between a US citizen and ByteDance — a crushing blow to TikTok, which has quickly become of the most popular platforms for Generation Z in the US.

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