US Commerce Department to ban TikTok and WeChat downloads starting Sept. 20

[CyberPanther]

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-commerce-department-to-ban-tiktok-and-wechat-downloads-starting-sept-20/

The US Commerce Department announced Friday that it will ban downloads of Chinese-owned social media apps WeChat and TikTok beginning Sunday.

With this announcement, the Commerce Department is enforcing the two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in early August, which addressed what he labelled as the national security threat posed by the pair of Chinese apps. Trump's orders branded TikTok and WeChat a "national emergency" with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain.

The August 14 order gave TikTok's parent company ByteDance 45 days to sell its business in the US. According to the order, any transaction with TikTok's owner or its subsidiaries would be prohibited. The second order similarly prohibited any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the US, with Tencent Holdings.

 

[Bryan320]

Why the hell are they waiting to ban the app??? Why not ban it immediately???? China is now pissed. If they wanted to I’m sure they could weaponize tiktok. Waiting around after saying you will defiantly ban the app gives them time to do other stuff? What the hell are they waiting for to ban the app?

 

[Ink]

Banning without warning would be an abuse of power and cause overnight chaos.

For example, if a government banned owning firearms overnight, how do you think citizens who owned a firearm would react when they see the news the next day?

 

[Captain Awesome]

Banning without warning would be an abuse of power and cause overnight chaos.

India did it without any chaos....

 

[Bryan320]

India did it without any chaos....

I get both you're points i live in the US and can say we are very entitled in this country.... people will find a way to riot about anything.