TikTok Pushes Back on Trump in Court While Angling for Deal
- Chinese owner ByteDance seeks to block president’s U.S. ban
- Keeps legal iron in fire as Oracle, Walmart pact works its way
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TikTok’s Chinese owner asked a federal judge to stop President Donald Trump from enforcing a ban that would remove the viral video-sharing network from U.S. app stores this weekend.
ByteDance Ltd. filed on Wednesday for a temporary block on the ban even as it continues to pursue approvals from the Trump administration for a sale of its U.S. operations to Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. The Chinese company asked the Washington court to set a hearing before the rules take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 27 and proposed that both sides file additional briefs this week.