According to foreign media The Verge, TikTok’s interim CEO Vanessa Pappas asked Facebook and Instagram to “openly join our challenge and support our litigation” because TikTok faces a new executive order from the Trump administration , Will block people from downloading the app starting September 20.
Naijatechnews previously reported that the US Department of Commerce issued new regulations on Friday morning, requiring people to not be allowed to download TikTok or WeChat from the 20th. TikTok will continue to provide services to users who have installed the application in the United States, but will be prohibited from downloading it thereafter.
Pappas’ words are actually a response to a tweet by Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, who said: “The TikTok ban in the US will be quite detrimental to Instagram, Facebook and the wider Internet. Pappas added that now is the time to “abandon competition and focus on core principles such as freedom of speech and due process.”
“We will continue to challenge unfair executive orders”
Due to data security issues, the Trump administration called for a ban on TikTok earlier this year. The government requires ByteDance to sell its U.S. business to a U.S. company before September 15, or TikTok will be completely banned. Currently, the United States and ByteDance are cooperating with Oracle to ensure a deal. TikTok also filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Trump in August, arguing that Trump’s initial executive order did not provide any evidence to prove that TikTok is indeed a national security threat to the United States.
TikTok issued a statement under the order of the Ministry of Commerce, stating that the company has “committed to unprecedented levels of additional transparency and accountability, far beyond what other applications are willing to do.” The statement added that TikTok has plans to cooperate with a company. U.S. technology providers cooperate, and the latter will be “responsible for maintaining and operating the TikTok network in the U.S., which includes all services and data that provide services to U.S. consumers.”
“We will continue to challenge the unjust administrative orders made by improper procedures, which were issued without due process, and may deprive the American people and small businesses across the United States of their voice and an important platform for their livelihood.”
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