Security News > 2020 > October > US Insists on Need to Ban TikTok

US President Donald Trump's administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok due to national security concerns in a new court filing ahead of a plan to make the video app unavailable on November 12.

In September, a temporary injunction prevented the government from removing TikTok from mobile application download platforms.

TikTok has repeatedly defended itself against allegations of data transfers to the Chinese government.

The company has also said the ban is unnecessary since negotiations are underway to restructure the ownership of TikTok to address national security issues raised by the administration.

A tentative deal has been unveiled that would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the technology partner for TikTok and a stakeholder in a new entity to be known as TikTok Global.

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