TikTok Sale on Hold as Biden’s Team Reviews U.S.-China Policies

  • Biden administration asks U.S. judge to pause TikTok lawsuit
  • U.S. review underway of national security approach to China
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The Biden administration signaled it would slow down an effort to force TikTok to unwind its U.S. operations, asking a federal judge on Wednesday to pause a lawsuit over former President Donald Trump’s ban of the popular video app while the new White House reviews its predecessor’s policies.

The White House said TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd., is part of a wide-ranging examination of the government’s posture toward Beijing, including how to guard against risks to Americans’ online data.