Popular video-sharing app TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on Friday filed a lawsuit against the United States administration, challenging the government’s decision to ban the Chinese-owned platform in the country, Bloomberg reported.
The Donald Trump administration announced a ban blocking people in the country from downloading TikTok and messaging app WeChat starting September 20. TikTok and ByteDance filed a complaint late on Friday night, asking a federal judge in Washington to stop the government from enacting the ban. The lawsuit said the ban would violate the company’s First Amendment free-speech rights.
It added that United States President Donald Trump surpassed his authority and alleged that he imposed the ban for political reasons instead of an “unusual and extraordinary threat”. The complaint said that the president’s actions would “destroy…