Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves

The Biden administration is backing off former President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban the popular video app TikTok (Peter Byrne/PA)

The Biden administration is backing away from Donald Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok, asking a court to postpone a legal dispute over the proposed move as it reviews national security threats posed by Chinese technology companies.

A court filing on Wednesday said the US Commerce Department was reviewing whether former president Trump’s claims about TikTok’s threat to national security justified the attempts to ban it from smartphone app stores and deny it vital technical services.