“To ensure that the rule of law prevails and that our company and users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the Executive Order through the legal system,” TikTok said in a statement to CNN, adding that the legal challenge could come as soon as next week.
TikTok added that although it had tried to work with the US government on a solution to its concerns about national security, what it instead opposed was “a lack of delayed process because the administration did not pay attention to facts and tried to negotiations between private companies to be included. “
ByteDance formally announced Sunday that it will prosecute the U.S. government for challenging the Trump administration’s executive order.
“To ensure that the rule of law is not violated, and to ensure that the company and users are treated fairly, we will protect our rights and interests through litigation,” ByteDance said in a statement released on the official WeChat- account of the company.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNN. The Department of Justice declined to comment.
“I think Oracle is a great company and I think its owner is a great man, a great person,” Trump said Tuesday. “I think Oracle would definitely be someone who could handle it.
The Trump administration has claimed that TikTok’s ties with China could result in data from US users to the Chinese government. TikTok denied those claims, saying it would refuse to provide U.S. data to China, even if asked.
Cybersecurity experts say there is a theoretical risk that data from Americans will fall into the wrong hands, but that there is no evidence to suggest that it happened and that many U.S. tech companies, which share similar data collect, are just a target to spy on.
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