TikTok is asking a federal judge to block the Trump admin.’s impending ban on its operations in the U.S. while negotiations over the company’s future are in limbo.
The ban, which is set to go into effect just before midnight on Sept. 27, would cause "irreparable harm," the company said in its filing.TikTok is asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration's impending ban on its operations in the United States.
President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had given his"blessing" to a deal struck by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, and Oracle and Walmart, which would avert a banlast week. But that deal is still subject to some negotiations, leaving TikTok with the ban still looming. Both the U.S. and China are considering whether or not to approve a deal that would give Oracle and Walmart minority stakes in the company and move its headquarters to the U.S.
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