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TikTok & WeChat to Be Banned in U.S. App Stores as of Sunday

September 18, 2020 by Staff

(Faithit) In an interview with Fox Business News this morning, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced new regulations surrounding the download of the popular apps TikTok and WeChat, as they have posed national security concerns.

“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of U.S. laws and regulations,” he said in a statement.

The Trump administration will be banning the Chinese-owned payment and messaging app WeChat in the U.S.  as of Sunday, and blocking all new downloads of the user-generated video app TikTok, effective the same day.

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