Tiktok legal action over Trump ban set to begin

Tiktok has announced it will launch a legal challenge against US President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban it.

Mr Trump signed the order earlier this month ordering sweeping but vague bans on dealings with the Chinese owners of Tiktok and the messaging app Wechat, saying they are a threat to national security, foreign policy and the economy.

He has given Chinese company Bytedance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support Tiktok in the US.

Tiktok said on Saturday it plans to begin legal action against the order this week.

It comes as Us-based users of Wechat also began suing Mr Trump on the basis his order will effectively bar access in the country to the app.

The complaint, filed on Friday in San Francisco, is being brought by the US Wechat Users Alliance and several people who claim they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China.