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Original caption: TikTok once proposed the “Operation in the Name” plan, but the Trump administration did not accept it and did not say why.
(Observer Network News) The “trade ban” is approaching, but the Trump administration is silent. On November 10, TikTok sued the US government for the fourth time, requesting a suspension of the “transaction ban” for the mandatory divestment of the US TikTok business.
On the 11th, Reuters revealed some details of the TikTok indictment, saying that TikTok’s parent company Bytedance had proposed a US “Operation on behalf of the United States” plan to resolve the government’s alleged “national security” concerns. American. “Establish a new entity in the United States to handle the review of data and content of TikTok users in the United States. This entity is wholly owned by Oracle, Wal-Mart and existing US investors of Bytedance.”
According to Observer.com, under this plan, TikTok plans to outsource the US user data and content review service to a newly established US agency operating company, and the rest of the business will continue to be operated by TikTok. TikTok believes that this “Operation on behalf” solution can resolve all of the US government’s concerns regarding the security of user data and platform content.But the United States did not accept it.
Screenshot of Reuters reportIn this regard, industry experts told Observer.com that in this “generation operation” program, TikTok will retain capital and core business, including products and technology, but will only outsource user data and review of TikTok content in the US to the newly established agency. Operate the business to address the US government’s national security concerns.It is not yet clear why the United States did not accept the plan.
The November 10 lawsuit was the fourth lawsuit initiated by TikTok against the United States government. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Trump, United States Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin and United States Attorney General Barr became co-defendants.
A day later (11), the United States Department of the Treasury came forward to respond to this matter. Ministry of Finance spokeswoman Monica Crowley said: “The Ministry of Finance is still committed to reaching a solution to the ‘national security risks’ caused by the ByteDance acquisition of Musical.ly. We have reached an agreement clear with ByteDance to arrive at a solution. Necessary steps “.
ByteDance acquired Musical.ly, a short video application for music in 2017, and CFIUS initiated a post-mortem investigation of this transaction in 2019 on the grounds of affecting national security. On August 14 of this year, in accordance with the agency’s recommendation, Trump issued a presidential decree requiring ByteDance to sell or divest the US TikTok business by November 12. Otherwise, the US Attorney General may forcibly close or auction TikTok’s US business.
TikTok subsequently began actively taking over the plan, but the Trump administration “cannot read it.” This short video app that was once considered a so-called “threat to the national security of the United States” seemed to be forgotten by Trump after the election.
Additionally, TikTok also stated that they have been actively communicating with CFIUS for a year, but have not received any substantial comments from CFIUS on the data privacy and security framework. Currently, the company has asked CFIUS to extend the deadline for 30 days, but has not yet received a 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.
This indictment also became TikTok’s fourth indictment against the United States government. Prior to this, TikTok, its employees, and the creators of its platform filed three lawsuits against the US government, primarily 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.
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.
