Tiktok sues US govt over curbs ordered by prez

SAN FRANCISCO: Tiktok said on Monday it has filed a lawsuit challenging the US government’s crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned video app, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat.

As tensions soared between the world’s two biggest economies, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with Tiktok’s Chinese parent company Bytedance, effectively setting a deadline for a sale of the app to a US company.