TikTok and WeChat downloads banned in America by Sunday
It seems that what was feared has already happened in the end, as the ban of the two Chinese applications TikTok and WeChat has become a reality and not just threats issued by US President Donald Trump, thus taking the Sino-American trade war in its technological side to another level.
The media quoted the US Department of Commerce as saying that the TikTok and WeChat applications will be banned on US soil from next Sunday, September 20, and thus users in the United States of America will not be able to download the two applications on their smartphones, and the two applications will be completely banned in In the event that no agreement is reached on solving the legal problem for them and selling their activities on American soil to a local company by November 12th.
The media quoted US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as saying, “Under the direction of President Donald Trump, we have taken important measures to combat China's malicious collection of personal data of American citizens.” It is clear that this new decision comes within the framework of pressure from the US authorities, especially on the application of TikTok to speed up Sales process.
The authorities announced that users who downloaded the application before the date of September 20 will be able to continue using it.