TikTok on Monday sued the U.S. government over President Trump’s executive order that demands the app’s owner, China-based ByteDance, to sell off or spin out its TikTok business in the U.S. within 90 days.
The lawsuit is not expected to directly impact deal negotiations, Axios reported. Microsoft and Oracle are in talks to buy the popular social video app’s operations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
TikTok claims that it was deprived of due process.
“We strongly disagree with the Administration’s position that TikTok is a national security threat and we have articulated these objections previously,” TikTok said in a statement.
