{"id":4144,"date":"2020-08-07T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T13:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2020-08-07T20:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T13:22:41","slug":"trump-issues-orders-u-s-ban-wechat-tiktok-45-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/trump-issues-orders-u-s-ban-wechat-tiktok-45-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump issues orders for U.S. ban on WeChat, TikTok in 45 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders on Thursday banning any U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, owner of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4145 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-1596768170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"815\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-1596768170.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-1596768170-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-1596768170-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-1596768170-696x443.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-1596768170-1068x680.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The orders come as the Trump administration said this week it was stepping up efforts to purge \u201cuntrusted\u201d Chinese apps from U.S. digital networks and called the Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok and messenger app WeChat \u201csignificant threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The TikTok app may be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party, and the United States \u201cmust take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,\u201d Trump said in one order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the other, Trump said WeChat \u201cautomatically captures vast swaths of information from its users. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans\u2019 personal and proprietary information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The order would effectively ban WeChat in the United States in 45 days by barring \u201cto the extent permitted under applicable law, any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with Tencent Holdings Ltd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump said this week he would support the sale of TikTok\u2019s U.S. operations to Microsoft Corp\u00a0if the U.S. government got a \u201csubstantial portion\u201d of the sales price but warned he will ban the service in the United States on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tencent and ByteDance declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders on Thursday banning any U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, owner of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days. Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. 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