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Original Title: TikTok Sues Trump Administration Again As Ban Approaches
[Texto / Editado por Zhang Chenjing en Observer Network / Zhang Hongri]TikTok actively accepted the plan, and the Trump administration simply “hasn’t read it.” The short video app TikTok, which made the front page of US media news for several months and was deemed a “national security threat” by the US government, appeared to be forgotten by Trump after the election.
As the deadline for the “trade ban” approaches (November 12), the Trump administration has lost its voice. On November 10, CNBC of the United States sent him a message saying, “Do you remember TikTok?” The quoted report reported. According to sources, TikTok has not had a meaningful dialogue with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for several weeks.
On the same day, TikTok also released a statement saying that they are actively communicating with CFIUS.But we haven’t received any important feedback from CFIUSFor this reason, they had to appeal again to the court, requesting the suspension of the “transaction ban” for the forced sale of TikTok’s business in the United States.
Screenshot of CNBC report from the US mediaUS media CNBC reported that the Trump administration appears to have forgotten about TikTok. To avoid so-called “national security concerns,” TikTok executives are still interested in completing technical cooperation with Oracle, but have not heard from the Trump administration for several weeks.
On November 12, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) set the deadline for TikTok to sell its US assets. However, TikTok has not received any comment on this matter and CFIUS has not yet stated that TikTok will not dispose of its US assets. What are the consequences of assets.
Under this uncertainty, on November 10, TikTok was forced to file an indictment with the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, requesting a review of CFIUS actions under the leadership of the Trump administration. .
TikTok stated in the statement that while they do not agree with the results of CFIUS’s previous assessment, TikTok has been actively communicating with CFIUS for the past year to address their “national security” concerns. “In the nearly two months after the initial approval of our proposal by the president, we provided a detailed solution to the final agreement, but did not receive any substantial feedback from CFIUS on the data privacy and security framework.”
TikTok also stated that the company has asked CFIUS for a 30-day extension of the deadline, but has yet to receive any response. Now that the term of the presidential decree is approaching and has not been extended, TikTok has to appeal to the court to protect the legal rights of the company and its employees.
TikTok is willing to sell part of its business in the United States. Buyers for this complicated transaction include Oracle and Wal-Mart. Trump approved the transaction in September, but it has been pending since then. As for the Trump administration’s “forgotten ones,” US tech media on the brink joked that TikTok reminded the Trump administration that it had forgotten about the ban and wanted to know what happened.
Edge Report ScreenshotCNBC reported thatWhen asked about this, a technical consultant on Biden’s transition team said that it is too early to discuss Biden’s views on TikTok.
This is the fourth lawsuit initiated by TikTok against the US government. CFIUS, Trump, US Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin and US Attorney General Barr became co-defendants.
This prosecution is different from the past. Prior to this, TikTok, its employees and the creators of its platform have sued the US government three times, mainly against Trump’s first presidential decree issued on August 6 invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. (IEEPA). On September 27 and October 30, two US judges expressed doubts about the ban and temporarily suspended related prohibition measures.
But a person familiar with the matter said that although the judge stopped the TikTok ban, the Trump administration has great flexibility in the legal workings of CFIUS. They may still continue to push for the ban, prompting TikTok to be forced to take action.
Reuters quoted a person familiar with the matter as saying that CFIUS stopped responding to TikTok shortly after Trump made his last public comment on TikTok on September 19.
On November 2, when asked about the TikTok ban, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin once again emphasized that China has always opposed the generalization of the concept of national security by states. States and the abuse of national interests to unjustifiably suppress harassment by foreign companies. The US is expected to truly respect the principles of the market economy and fair competition, comply with international economic and trade standards, and provide an open, fair, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from various countries to operate. In U.S.A.
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