TIKTOK INC. et al v. TRUMP et al

Filing 15

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction MOTION to Expedite by BYTEDANCE LTD., TIKTOK INC. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Declaration, #3 Declaration, #4 Declaration, #5 Declaration, #6 Exhibit, #7 Exhibit, #8 Exhibit, #9 Exhibit, #10 Exhibit, #11 Exhibit, #12 Exhibit, #13 Exhibit, #14 Exhibit, #15 Exhibit, #16 Exhibit, #17 Exhibit, #18 Exhibit, #19 Exhibit, #20 Exhibit, #21 Exhibit, #22 Exhibit, #23 Exhibit, #24 Exhibit, #25 Exhibit, #26 Exhibit, #27 Exhibit, #28 Exhibit, #29 Exhibit, #30 Exhibit, #31 Exhibit, #32 Exhibit, #33 Exhibit, #34 Exhibit, #35 Exhibit, #36 Exhibit, #37 Exhibit, #38 Exhibit, #39 Exhibit, #40 Exhibit, #41 Exhibit, #42 Exhibit, #43 Text of Proposed Order)(Hall, John). Added MOTION to Expedite on 9/24/2020 (zeg).

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TikTok Inc. et al. v. Trump et al.
No. 20-cv-2658 (CJN)
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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John Herrman, TikTok Is Shaping Politics. But How? N.Y. Times (June 28, 2020),
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/style/tiktok-teen-politics-gen-z.html
Kevin Mayer, Fair Competition and Transparency Benefits Us All, 29 July 2020
TikTok blog post, https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/fair-competition-andtransparency-benefits-us-all
TikTok, Statement on the Administration’s Executive Order (Aug. 7, 2020),
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-responds
Myah Ward, 15 times Trump praised China as coronavirus was spreading across the
globe, Politico (Apr. 15, 2020), https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/trumpchina-coronavirus-188736
CNBC Transcript: President Donald Trump Sits Down With CNBC’s Joe Kernen at the
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, CNBC (Jan. 22, 2020),
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/cnbc-transcript-president-donald-trump-sits-downwith-cnbcs-joe-kernen-at-the-world-economic-forum-in-davos-switzerland.html
Rev Services, Donald Trump Tulsa, Oklahoma Rally Speech Transcript, Rev.com (June
21, 2020), https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/QejgrzxQ6qkjA0Za9pjLFZS5ZdV19FJlVhEDgD__iryMlzWNTuiXG75Z31YksXxLelVlbkViOTbhfk9W8LHVRjYLo?loa
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White House, Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing (July 30, 2020),
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-pressbriefing-july-30-2020/
CSPAN, President Trump Remarks to Florida Sheriffs (July 31, 2020), https://www.cspan.org/video/?474419-1/president-trump-remarks-florida-sheriffs
Taylor Lorenz et al, TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally, N.Y.
Times (Sept. 14, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rallytulsa.html
Jill Disis & Jennifer Hansler, The United States is 'looking at' banning TikTok and other
Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says, CNN Business (July 7, 2020),
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/tech/us-tiktok-ban/index.htm
Kari Soo Lindberg, Trump Campaign Urges Supporters to Back TikTok Ban in Online
Ads, Bloomberg News (July 18, 2020),
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-18/trump-campaign-urgessupporters-to-back-tiktok-ban-in-online-ads
Executive Order 13942, Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking
Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information
and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (Aug. 6, 2020), 85 Fed.
Reg. 48,637
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Keith Krach, Microsoft Potential Purchase of TikTok (Aug. 21, 2020),
https://keithkrach.com/microsoft-potential-purchase-of-tiktok/
Executive Order, Regarding the Acquisition of Musical.ly by ByteDance Ltd. (Aug. 14,
2020), 85 Fed. Reg. 51,297
BBC News, Donald Trump: US Treasury should get cut of TikTok deal (Aug. 4, 2020),
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53633315
Jason Murdock, Trump Demanding Cut From Microsoft TikTok Sale Akin to
‘Extortion,’ Critics Say, Newsweek (Aug. 4, 2020), https://www.newsweek.com/tiktokmicrosoft-sale-president-donald-trump-extortion-1522597
Tyler Sonnemaker, Trump admits there's no 'legal path' for TikTok to pay the US
government as part of a sale to an American company, Business Insider (Sept. 16,
2020), https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-admits-tiktok-cant-legally-pay-usgovernment-sale-2020-9
U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, Administrative Subpoena (Sep. 3, 2020).
Axios, New Chinese restrictions on tech exports could complicate TikTok sale, Axios
(Aug. 30, 2020), https://www.axios.com/tiktok-chinese-export-restrictions-18afbe5cee90-4a53-8818-be3224f17d 4b.html
Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce and
Ministry of Science and Technology publish the revised Catalogue of Technologies
Subject to Export Bans and Restrictions (Aug. 30, 2020),
http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/newsrelease/significantnews/202009/20200902998
221.shtml
Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Announcement No. 38
(2020) of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology (Aug.
28, 2020), http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/xxfb/202008/20200802996641.shtml.
Vanessa Pappas, An update for our TikTok family, TikTok (Sep. 19, 2020),
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/an-update-for-our-tiktok-family
U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, Identification of Prohibited Transactions to Implement
Executive Order 13942 and Address the Threat Posed by TikTok and the National
Emergency with Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain, Office of the Federal Register (Sept. 18, 2020),
https://perma.cc/X2HH-ARKY
Michelle Mark & Reuters, Trump says he’s given his ‘blessing’ to a proposed TikTok
deal with Oracle and Walmart, Business Insider (Sept 19, 2020),
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-gives-blessing-to-proposed-tiktok-deal-withoracle-2020-9
Ana Swanson et al., Trump Approves Deal Between Oracle and TikTok, N.Y. Times
(Sep. 19, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/technology/trump-oracle-andtiktok.html
Press Release, U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, Statement on Delayed Prohibitions Related to
TikTok (Sept 19, 2020), https://www.commerce.gov/news/pressreleases/2020/09/statement-delayed-prohibitions-related-tiktok

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Demetri Sevastopulo & James Fontanella-Khan, “Doubts surround ‘education fund’ at
the heart of the US TikTok deal,” Financial Times (Sep. 20, 2020),
https://www.ft.com/content/4a9bb9aa-45e3-43b2-9759-3313751ffc8b
Alexis Benveniste & Jill Disis, Trump wants the TikTok deal to pour $5 billion into
‘real history’ education. It’s not that simple, CNN (Sept. 21,2020),
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/business/trump-education-fund/index.html (citing
ByteDance statement on its official account on Toutiao).
U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, Identification of Prohibited Transactions to Implement
Executive Order 13942 and Address the Threat Posed by TikTok and the National
Emergency with Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain (Sept. 22, 2020),
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/24/2020-21193/identification-ofprohibited-transactions-to-implement-executive-order-13942-and-address-the-threat
Katie Canales, CIA analysts reportedly told the White House there's 'no evidence' the
Chinese government has accessed TikTok data, Business Insider (Aug. 7, 2020),
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-cia-no-evidence-china-access-data-2020-8.
Microsoft, Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the
United States, (Aug. 2, 2020), https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/08/02/microsoftto-continue-discussions-on-potential-tiktok-purchase-in-the-united-states/
Press Release, Oracle, Oracle Chosen as TikTok’s Secure Cloud Provider (Sept. 19,
2020) https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-chosen-as-tiktok-securecloud-provider-091920.html
TikTok, All donations go to Accion Opportunity Fund, TikTok (June 18, 2020)
TikTok, Happy International Women’s Day, TikTok (Mar. 8, 2020)
Executive Order 13873, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain (May 15, 2019), 85 Fed. Reg. 22,689
Deepa Seetharaman & Euirim Choi, TikTok Users Drawn to Rival Platforms as Trump
Threatens U.S. Ban , Wall St. J. (Aug. 4, 2020), https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktokusers-drawn-to-rival-platforms-as-trump-threatens-u-s-ban-11596555375

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