Trump Issues New Limits on TikTok and WeChat Apps
August 07 2020 - 3:06PM
Dow Jones News
By WSJNoted.
Did You Know?
President Trump issued two executive orders targeting the
social-media apps TikTok and WeChat, which ban the China-based
companies from doing business with any U.S. company or individual
for 45 days. The move means U.S. citizens might not be able to
download either app from the Apple or Google app stores during that
time.
The executive orders are likely to escalate tensions with the
Chinese government, which U.S. officials have accused of using apps
like TikTok to siphon personal data from Americans. TikTok has said
it would never hand over such data. President Trump recently called
for shutting down TikTok's U.S. operations altogether should no
American company purchase it. Microsoft -- which has stepped up as
a potential buyer, hoping to gain access to TikTok's young users --
now effectively has 45 days to close a deal.
Read the original article by Andrew Restuccia and Jing Yang here
.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 07, 2020 14:51 ET (18:51 GMT)
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