TikTok employee agrees to drop charges against Trump administration
A TikTok employee who sued the Trump administration over its ban on the video-sharing app has agreed to drop his case.
Patrick S. Ryan submitted a dossier dated November 13, indicating that both parties are asking the court to dismiss the case with prejudice. No reason was given.
TikTok owner Bytedance Ltd. this week won a 15-day extension to its deadline for selling US assets and the Commerce Department said it would not go ahead with a ban on use the app for US residents, in light of two court injunctions.
The case is Ryan v. Trump, 20-CV-05948, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
The Trump administration granted ByteDance a 15-day extension of an assignment order that ordered the Chinese company to sell its TikTok video-sharing app by Thursday.
TikTok first leaked the extension earlier in a court filing, saying it now has until November 27 to reach a deal. Under pressure from the US government, ByteDance is in talks for a deal with Walmart Inc and Oracle Corp to transfer TikTok’s US assets to a new entity.
