TikTok has repeatedly denied being a threat to US security. (File)
New York:
The TikTok video app said on Saturday it would challenge in court the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese-owned popular service, which Washington accuses of being a threat to national security.
As tensions soar between the world‘s two largest economies, US President Donald Trump has claimed that TikTok could be used by China to track the locations of federal employees, build up files on people for blackmail purposes and conduct corporate espionage.
Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok’s Chinese parent company, Bytedance.
This is the order that the video sharing platform will target in his costume.
“To ensure that the rule of law is not sidelined and that our business and our users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the decree through the court system,” TikTok said in a statement. communicated.
TikTok has repeatedly denied being a threat to US security, and Beijing has called Trump’s crackdown political manipulation.
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