TikTok confirms it will sue the US government, alleging Trump failed to provide 'due process' before issuing ban

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• TikTok confirmed Saturday that the company planned to sue the US government over President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the popular app.
• A company spokesperson said TikTok experienced "a lack of due process as the administration paid no attention to facts and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses."
• TikTok, which has surged in popularity over the past year, was known as Musical.ly until it was purchased by the Chinese company ByteDance in 2017 and renamed.
• The president on August 6 and August 14 signed executive orders targeting TikTok. 
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TikTok on Saturday announced it plans to sue the US government over President Donald Trump's executive orders pertaining to its ownership, arguing the company was deprived of its due process rights.

The president, who began targeting TikTok in July, issued an executive order August 6 making it illegal for American companies to do business with TikTok, giving ByteDance until September 15 to sell it. On August 14, Trump issued another executive order giving the company 90 days to divest its US assets and data the company had gathered in the US. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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