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Aug. 25, 2020

TikTok sues over Trump order, calls president’s decision political

While the president has long maintained the video app's Beijing-based parent company ByteDance shares Americans' personal data with China's authoritarian government, TikTok in a lawsuit Monday vehemently denied the claims and argued Trump improperly issued the executive order to further his anti-China platform for re-election.

TikTok sues over Trump order, calls president’s decision political
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Courts typically afford the government wide deference on matters of national security, but President Donald Trump's order to force the sale of TikTok might require judges to vet its justification.

While the president has long maintained the video app's Beijing-based parent company ByteDance shares Americans' personal data with China's authoritarian government, TikTok in a lawsuit Monday vehemently denied the claims and argued Trump i...

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