Trump issues orders banning TikTok and WeChat!
TikTok, WeChat face US government's ire |
US government continues crackdown against Chinese tech firms
After several political threats, Trump finally issued his orders versus China's video-sharing social media app TikTok and messaging app WeChat.Citing security concerns, the orders could prevent the said firms from dealing with businesses in the US.
This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information—potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage, the TikTok order reads.
The orders would be effective in 45 days, barring US companies and individuals to transact with TikTok's parent firm ByteDance and WeChat. The banned transactions, however, were not specified in the orders.
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