2026年3月5日 美国东部时间下午3:07 / 路透社
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华盛顿，3月5日电（路透社） – 周四，美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普和司法部长帕姆·邦迪因美国政府批准TikTok的中国所有者字节跳动成立由美国人控股的合资企业而被起诉。诉讼称该批准”非法”，且未满足2024年一部法律的要求。
这起诉讼由公共诚信项目代表两名投资于竞争对手社交媒体公司的美国零售投资者，向美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院提起。其目的是要求重新谈判该交易，”不让政府盟友有机会审查全球最受欢迎的媒体平台之一的政治内容”。
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该诉讼不寻求禁止TikTok（TikTok在美国拥有2亿用户）。
2024年4月，国会通过立法要求字节跳动在2025年1月前出售其美国资产，否则将面临禁令或高达数千亿美元的罚款——但特朗普选择不执行该法律，邦迪则告知企业继续允许使用TikTok不会承担责任。
字节跳动表示，TikTok USDS合资有限责任公司（1月最终敲定，由80%非中国投资者控股）将通过数据隐私和网络安全措施确保美国用户数据、应用程序和算法安全。该公司未披露剥离交易或财务安排的细节。
“根据宣布的交易，字节跳动仍将控制TikTok的所有核心要素。此类交易将颠覆TikTok法案的初衷，因为字节跳动可能继续传播中国宣传并审查其不喜欢的内容，”诉讼称。
这一合资企业交易是这家社交媒体公司的里程碑——自2020年8月特朗普因国家安全问题试图封禁TikTok未果以来，该公司经历了多年抗争。
这起诉讼是对该交易的首次法律挑战，可能揭示这个对TikTok在美国生存至关重要的合资企业的内幕，并面临部分议员的批评。
白宫、司法部和TikTok未立即回应置评请求。
特朗普宣称该交易符合剥离法律的条款。
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Trump, Bondi face lawsuit over approval of ByteDance TikTok US asset sale
March 5, 2026 3:07 PM UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson and Andrew Goudsward
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WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi were sued Thursday over the U.S. government’s approval of a deal by TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to establish a majority American-owned joint venture, saying the approval was illegal and did not meet the requirements of a 2024 law.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two retail U.S. investors in rival social media firms. It aims to require a renegotiation of the deal “that doesn’t put administration allies in a position to censor political content on one of the world’s most popular media platforms.”
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The lawsuit does not seek to force a ban on TikTok, which is used by 200 million Americans.
Congress passed legislation in April 2024 requiring ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets by January 2025 or face a ban or potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in fines — but Trump opted not to enforce the law and Bondi told companies they would face no liability for continuing to allow TikTok use.
ByteDance said TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC — which was finalized in January and is 80% owned by non-Chinese investors — would secure U.S. user data, apps and algorithms through data privacy and cybersecurity measures. It disclosed few details about the divestiture or the financial arrangements.
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“Under the announced deal, ByteDance would still
control all the essential elements of TikTok. Such a deal would
subvert the very purpose of the TikTok Law, as ByteDance could
continue to push Chinese propaganda and censor the content it does not like,” said the lawsuit.
The joint venture deal was a milestone for the social media firm after years of battles that began in August 2020, when President Donald Trump unsuccessfully tried to ban the app over national security concerns.
The suit is the first legal challenge to the deal and could shed light on the new joint venture that is key to TikTok’s survival in the United States and that has faced criticism from some lawmakers.
The White House, Justice Department and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump declared the deal met the terms of the divestiture law.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Franklin Paul
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