TikTok legal challenge against U.S. executive order may arrive Monday
Video sharing platform TikTok is going to take on the presidential executive order in a new legal challenge as early as Monday, a report claims, as the embattled app tries to shake off the impending ban on transactions.
Since the introduction of an executive order from President Donald Trump that would effectively ban TikTok and WeChat in the United States by preventing companies from performing transactions with it, the app has been preparing to mount a legal challenge on the order. In a similar claim to an earlier August 8 report, it is now believed TikTok will be filing a federal lawsuit in the near future, potentially on Monday.
Sources of Reuters claim the legal challenge relates to the earlier August 6 executive order, rather than an updated version on August 14 that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest TikTok's US operations. It is unclear exactly when and which court the filing will undertake, but sources also add this won't be the only legal challenge, with TikTok employees also allegedly working on their own lawsuit.
The argument against the August 6 executive order is that it relies on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which deprived TikTok of due process. This concept was raised in an earlier story about TikTok's legal plans.
At the same time, TikTok will also be working to contest the classification of the company by the White House as a national security threat. U.S. officials are concerned by the app's ownership by a Chinese entity, with the fear that data on US-based users may be collected and used by China's government.
If the information is correct, the lawsuit won't halt the later executive order giving it a 90-day timeline for divestment, but it would apply to the earlier version. It is thought the filing is part of an attempt to prevent negotiations with Oracle, Microsoft, and others from deteriorating and losing value, with a reduction of legal issues making TikTok a more attractive purchase.
Since the introduction of an executive order from President Donald Trump that would effectively ban TikTok and WeChat in the United States by preventing companies from performing transactions with it, the app has been preparing to mount a legal challenge on the order. In a similar claim to an earlier August 8 report, it is now believed TikTok will be filing a federal lawsuit in the near future, potentially on Monday.
Sources of Reuters claim the legal challenge relates to the earlier August 6 executive order, rather than an updated version on August 14 that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest TikTok's US operations. It is unclear exactly when and which court the filing will undertake, but sources also add this won't be the only legal challenge, with TikTok employees also allegedly working on their own lawsuit.
The argument against the August 6 executive order is that it relies on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which deprived TikTok of due process. This concept was raised in an earlier story about TikTok's legal plans.
At the same time, TikTok will also be working to contest the classification of the company by the White House as a national security threat. U.S. officials are concerned by the app's ownership by a Chinese entity, with the fear that data on US-based users may be collected and used by China's government.
If the information is correct, the lawsuit won't halt the later executive order giving it a 90-day timeline for divestment, but it would apply to the earlier version. It is thought the filing is part of an attempt to prevent negotiations with Oracle, Microsoft, and others from deteriorating and losing value, with a reduction of legal issues making TikTok a more attractive purchase.
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How the China–United States trade war going? Sounds like negotiations are progressing nicely... /s
National security arguments are not treated lightly by US courts, and by now, everyone should know that (e.g., we wouldn't still have Guantanmo Bay if that weren't the case).
Your post reeks of ignorance,sadly. National security issues don't just go away because we're in a recession or a pandemic (if anything, they are likely to become worse, since people -- like you, apparently -- are paying less attention).
Also, the GDP didn't go down by 34% In the most recent quarter, it went down by 9.5%. The former (actually, the number was 32.9%, but never mind) is the annualized version of a quarterly number, the quotation convention in financial reporting. The latter number is the actual drop. Anyone who understands basic arithmetic knows that. Also, the decline in the US GDP in the most recent quarter was less than in Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, and Japan.
Please educate yourself before posting FUD.
It is this kind of b-s that got the last TikTok thread shut down fast. So, stop.
Countries that have banned or are considering banning TT include the US, pretty much most of the EU, India, Indonesia, UK, Turkey, Pakistan, and Australia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/03/its-not-just-united-states-these-governments-see-tiktok-growing-problem/
You have your head in (Chinese) sand if you don't think there's a problem here.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/08/07/cia-finds-no-evidence-chinese-government-has-accessed-tiktok-data-report-says/#39633c2f4c25
EU- no formal ban or warning regarding TikTok
India- banned as reprisal for incident at Chinese border where Indian troops were killed
Indonesia- concern regards pornographic content
Australia- investigations, no ban
Turkey- investigations, already effectively banned Facebook, Twitter, YouTube (authoritarian government)
Pakistan- same as Indonesia, regards pornography concerns
UK- not mentioned at all in article
Looks like the U.S. approach is most similar to Turkey, which as I mentioned is an authoritarian regime.
Obrien? He's head of bullshit not security.
https://apple.news/AfzLBIP0rTtivscUdM59isQ
Now, whether that potential actually exists is another question, one that no one here is likely qualified to evaluate.