The US government said its order, previously announced by Donald Trump in August, will combat China’s malicious collection of personal data of US citizens.
Washington: The United States will ban the use of WeChat Sunday to safeguard the national security of the United States.
The Chinese app TikTok will also be banned on November 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on CNBC that access to that app might be possible if certain safeguards are in place.
Under the leadership of the President, we have taken significant steps to combat China’s malicious collection of personal data of US citizens, while promoting our national values, rule-based democratic norms, and aggressive enforcement of US laws and regulations. ” Ross said in a prepared statement.
The administration said its order, previously announced by Trump in August, will combat China’s malicious collection of personal data of US citizens. “
The government previously said that using and downloading the app to communicate will not be a prohibited transaction, although messages in the app could be directly or indirectly affected by the ban, and people who use it to send messages will not be subject to penalties.
Some security experts have raised concerns that ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese company that owns TikTok, would maintain access to information about the 100 million TikTok users in the United States, creating a security risk.
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