in 2020, the united states government announced that it was considering banning the chinese social media platform tiktok upon a request from then-president donald trump, who viewed the app as a national security threat. the result was that tiktok owner bytedancewhich initially planned on selling a small portion of tiktok to an american companyagreed to divest tiktok to prevent a ban in the united states and in other countries where restrictions are also being considered due to privacy concerns, which themselves are mostly related to its ownership by a firm based in china. tiktok later announced plans to file legal action challenging the order's transactional prohibitions with u.s. companies. the lawsuit against the trump administration's order was filed on august 24, 2020, with tiktok arguing that the order was motivated by trump's efforts to boost re-election support through protectionist trade policies aimed at china. a separate suit filed the same day by tiktok's u.s. technical program manager patrick ryan against trump and secretary of commerce wilbur ross sought a temporary restraining order, arguing that his due process rights were violated and the ban was an "unconstitutional taking" of ryan's property under the fifth amendment; the suit also claimed trump's action was likely a retaliation because of tiktok videos organizing pranks against a recent trump campaign rally.
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