Friday, 25 September 2020

Justice Department opposes TikTok’s request for injunction in new filing

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

The Justice Department filed its opposition Friday to TikTok’s request for an injunction against the Trump administration’s looming ban of the app, and the agency pulled no punches. The DOJ says blocking the the ban would “infringe on the President’s authority to block business-to-business economic transactions with a foreign entity in the midst of a declared national-security emergency.”

The DOJ also alleges that the CEO of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, is a “mouthpiece” for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and is “committed to promoting the CCP’s agenda and messaging.”

Large chunks of the DOJ filing are redacted, including a section detailing where the DOJ claims TikTok...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21456911/justice-department-opposes-tiktok-injunction-ban-trump-china-app

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