CHINA-US: US PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING TIKTOK AND WECHAT IN U.S.
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US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 6, effectively banning video-sharing app TikTok from operating in the U.S., saying the country must take aggressive action against the Chinese-owned platform “to protect our national security.” The order, starting in 45 days time, would ban any U.S. transaction with TikTok-owner ByteDance. US President Trump issued a second order taking similar action against WeChat, the social media app owned by China-based tech conglomerate Tencent calling for action against a “national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain.” The orders allege that both apps automatically capture vast swaths of information from users and that the collection of this data “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information.”
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