President Donald Trump ordered an unspecified ban video-sharing app TikTok, and messenger app WeChat.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders banning any transactions by US residents and companies with Chinese-owned social media apps TikTok and WeChat beginning Sept. 20. <\/p>\n
“Specifically, the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People\u2019s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,\u201d the orders said.<\/p>\n
Both orders also said the country \u201cmust take aggressive action\u201d against the owners of TikTok and WeChat \u201cto protect our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Aug. 3, Trump gave prospective buyers of TikTok\u2019s US operations until Sept. 15 to forge a deal, threatening to otherwise ban the video app in the country.<\/p>\n
Voicing security concerns, Trump stressed that he does not want TikTok to be under the control of China.<\/p>\n
“It will close down on Sept. 15 unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it, and work out an appropriate deal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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