TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app Video app TikTok is waging a legal fight against the Trump Administration’s efforts to ban the popular, Chinese-owned service over national-security concernsNEW YORK -- Video app TikTok is suing the Trump Administration over its efforts to ban the popular Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns. The Commerce Department did not reply to a request for comment. The Trump administration has ratcheted up tensions with China over trade and tech security issues; the president has also blamed China for the global coronavirus pandemic. That's true even though the Trump administration is “pushing authority in places it's never been used before,” said Paul Marquardt, a foreign-investment review lawyer with Cleary Gottlieb in Washington. Facebook recently rolled out a TikTok copycat feature in its Instagram app and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly criticized TikTok.

Source: ABC News August 24, 2020 16:41 UTC