"Please take notice that plaintiffs TikTik Inc and ByteDance Ltd … hereby voluntarily dismiss this action without prejudice as to defendants Donald J. Trump, Wilbur L. Ross and the US Department of Commerce", according to an electronic image of the court document filed by the plaintiffs and seen by Sputnik.
TikTok has been in the news since August after Trump threatened to ban the application in the United States, citing concerns about alleged Chinese government spying on data of US users.
Trump’s ban of TikTok was originally to take effect on 20 September but has been extended to 12 November as the administration offered the company a one way out by selling itself to a US entity.
Trump has said the software firm Oracle and retail giant Walmart are in the final stages of negotiations for control of TikTok’s equity and technology.