WASHINGTON (WJW) — TikTok is looking to sue the Trump Administration over the president’s executive order banning the company from the United States, NPR reports. Sources say TikTok will file the lawsuit as soon as Tuesday. It will be filled in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, as that is where TikTok’s […]
by: Natasha Anderson WASHINGTON (WJW) — TikTok is looking to sue the Trump Administration over the president’s executive order banning the company from the United States, NPR reports. Sources say TikTok will file the lawsuit as soon as Tuesday. It will be filled in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California, as that is where TikTok’s American operations are based. The lawsuit will allegedly argue that President Trump’s “far-reaching action” is “unconstitutional” because it did not give the company a chance to respond. The suit also alleges the administration’s national security justification for the order is “baseless,” the news outlet shared. The White House has reportedly declined to comment on the expected litigation. However, they did release the following statement to NPR defending the president’s executive order: The Administration is committed to protecting the American people from all cyber related threats to critical infrastructure, public health and safety, and our economic and national securityWhite House Spokesman Judd Deere Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that would ban the social media app from operating in the country in 45 days if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
