//TikTok asks US court to intervene after Trump administration leaves app in limbo

TikTok asks US court to intervene after Trump administration leaves app in limbo

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The popular video-sharing app TikTok says its future has been in limbo since Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall and is asking a federal court to intervene.

Trump in August signed an executive order to ban TikTok if it did not sell its US operations in 45 days. The move forced TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to consider deals with several American companies before ultimately settling on a proposal to place TikTok under the oversight of the American companies Oracle and Walmart, each of which would also have a financial stake in the company.

But TikTok said this week it’s received “no clarity” from the US government about whether that proposal has been