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TikTok had ‘no choice’ but to sue Trump administration

Video-sharing app says executive order banning it in the US was politically motivated

TikTok has said it had “no choice” but to sue the Trump administration as it filed a legal challenge opposing the US president’s executive order blocking the video-sharing app in the country.

The company argued on Monday that the August 6 order was politically motivated and made without due process, adding that it unjustly targeted its employees and users and had the “potential to strip the rights of that community without any evidence to justify such an extreme action”.

According to papers filed to a Los Angeles federal court, the company is suing US President Donald Trump, the US Department of Commerce and commerce secretary Wilbur Ross.

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