TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal. wechat & tiktok delete
TikTok and WeChat: US to ban app downloads in 48 hours
After India, now in the US also going to be banned Chinese video apps Tik Tok and messaging app WeChat . In fact, the US Department of Commerce has issued an order related to it on Friday. According to this order, the downloading of WeChat and TikTok will stop in the US from September 20.
According to the information, the operation of these apps will stop in the US from Sunday. It is known that India has banned 224 Chinese apps so far this year, which was welcomed by both the US administration and lawmakers.
Threat to national security
The United States has ordered a ban on the download of Tik tok and the use of WeChat, posing a threat to national security. "The Chinese Communist Party has used these apps to endanger national security, foreign policy and the US economy," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.
Existing Tik tok users will be able to run the app till 12 November
After this decision of the US administration, from September 20, WeChat and Tiktok apps in the country will be removed from the online marketplaces operated by Google and Apple. WeChat will be effectively shut down in the US from Sunday, but existing Tiktok users will be able to use the app until November 12. Tiktok will then cease operations in the US completely.
I am not ready to sign any deal for TikTok: Donald Trump
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he was not ready to sign any deal for the sale of the Chinese video app TikTok until he saw the offer. Speaking with reporters, Trump had said, "As far as national security is concerned, the deal should be 100%." No, I am not ready to sign anything. We need security, especially with China, which we have seen. '
On August 6, Trump had signed an executive order which was in effect for 45 days. It prohibited any US transactions with Chinese company BiteDance.
On 14 August, the US President issued another executive order, requiring TikTok to handover its operations to the US company within 90 days. Sputnik reported that the US software company Oracle has led the bid to acquire TikTok's US operations from ByteDance.
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