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Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by Openbusiness(op): 5:13pm On Sep 18, 2020
TikTok and WeChat will no longer be able to download in the U.S. starting Sunday (Sept. 20), the Department of Commerce has announced. The news arrives a month after President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting transactions with TikTok, claiming that the app posed a threat to national security.

However, for those who already have TikTok downloaded, the app will remain functional for at least a few more weeks. The Department of Commerce said that services the app relies on, such as internet hosting and transit services, will not be blocked until Nov. 12. This will give the short-form video company and the U.S. government more time to potentially reach an agreement. WeChat, however, will be completely banned as of Sunday.

Donald Trump is banning TikTok in the United States

Donald Trump
“The real shut down would come after Nov. 12 in the event that there is not another transaction,” Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in an interview on the Fox Business Network. “So, it’s very different how the two are being handled and that reflects the quantitative and the qualitative and differences between the two apps.”

Negotiations between TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and U.S. technology giant Oracle have already been in full swing. On Thursday (Sept. 17), the companies reached a deal that would turn TikTok into a global company with headquarters based in the United States, giving Oracle control over the platform’s U.S. operations.

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This proposed deal just stops short of Trump’s original demands, which were that TikTok be sold to an American company. However, the agreement will still need to be approved by Trump and Chinese authorities to go through.

TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity among younger users this year, especially with the appeal of viral challenges amidst stay-at-home orders. With over 100 million monthly U.S. users, some politicians have expressed concern about the Chinese government potentially accessing Americans’ user data. WeChat, a messaging app with several other functions, has over a billion users worldwide.
https://www.revolt.tv/news/2020/9/18/21445145/tiktok-wechat-downloads-banned-trump

Re: Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by Ovie56(m): 4:31am On Sep 19, 2020
Orange man bad, India banned this and couple of other Chinese app and no one bats an eye.
Re: Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by Originality007: 7:34am On Sep 19, 2020
grin
Re: Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by Openbusiness(op): 8:41am On Sep 19, 2020
Ovie56:
Orange man bad, India banned this and couple of other Chinese app and no one bats an eye.
So you want to compare that with the US? America banning these apps means that Europe might probably do the same. That's a big loss for China. But it's good tit for tat, because China blocks many apps from the West too. Trump is doing well.
Re: Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by Ovie56(m): 12:54pm On Sep 19, 2020
Openbusiness:
So you want to compare that with the US? America banning these apps means that Europe might probably do the same. That's a big loss for China. But it's good tit for tat, because China blocks many apps from the West too. Trump is doing well.
If the excuse of Security risk is acceptable for India banning those appd then the excuse should be sufficient enough for US.
Re: Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by BlackfireX: 3:45pm On Sep 20, 2020
Trump , A mad man doing the right thing..
Re: Trump Administration To Ban Tiktok And Wechat Downloads On Sunday by Originality007: 6:44pm On Sep 20, 2020
grin that is my Trump. Those Chinese need to b deal with. Dey will never use ur invention, but only to steal it, ban urs in thier country and try to impose theirs on you.. China are very good in cheating.
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