The department “remains focused” on resolving the alleged national security risks posed by TikTok, a Treasury spokeswoman said during a statement Wednesday evening.
The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a court to intervene.TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has until Thursday to unload its US operations under an executive order that Trump signed in August.
But TikTok said in the week it’s received “no clarity” from the United States government about whether its proposals are accepted.
The department “remains focused” on resolving the alleged national security risks posed by TikTok, a Treasury spokeswoman said during a statement Wednesday evening.TikTok said during a written statement Tuesday.
TikTok is now looking to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review Trump’s divestment order and therefore the government’s national-security review.
The legal challenge is “a protection to make sure these discussions can happen ,” the corporate said.
