US downloads and updates of TikTok and WeChat to be blocked
Current TikTok users won’t notice a difference until November 12, but new downloads are barred from September 20
18 September 2020 - 14:53
Washington — The US commerce department has said it will issue an order on Friday that will bar people in the US from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok starting on September 20.
Commerce officials said the ban on new US downloads of TikTok could be still rescinded by President Donald Trump before it takes effect late Sunday as TikTok owner ByteDance races to clinch an agreement over the fate of its US operations...
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