For more than a month now, the Trump administration has been eyeing TikTok and WeChat to be removed from the App Store and Play Store in the United States. According to the New York TimesThe Trump administration decided on Friday, September 18, 2020, that it will no longer be possible to download the two apps starting Sunday.
WeChat to Go Game Over from Sunday, September 20
WeChat is expected to be most affected The decision bars WeChat from continuing its fund transfer and payment activities in the United States as of Sunday, according to the New York Times. American firms will no longer be allowed to provide hosting or any other network infrastructure solutions.
The app code cannot be used in any other app or service in the United States. For TikTok, the situation is a little less blocked (even if it remains very complicated). Discussions are ongoing for a possible acquisition of Oracle. If an agreement is reached with Provisions on the protection of personal data American users threat can be removedand the service will continue to operate normally in the United States.
TikTok can still save its appearance until November 12
Otherwise, TikTok risks suffering the same fate as WeChat. Due to the ongoing controversy, the social network has a delay of several weeks. The app can actually stay on the App Store and Play Store, unlike WeChat. And it can Despite the withdrawal from app stores, it will continue to operate more or less normally until November 12the date by which a new decision must be made.
“China has taken all kinds of data, and we are trying to prevent it”In particular, the Minister of Commerce stated that. Already last August, the current President of the United States banned American companies from any cooperation with TikTok. At the same time, A decree was also issued against Tencent, which published WeChat.
The information, also reported by Reuters and the Financial Times, indicates that those who have already installed the two applications in question will be able to continue using them. On the other hand, they will no longer benefit from TikTok or WeChat updates. It is difficult to continue using such an application that no longer benefits from the latest developments or the latest security updates.
Just this morning, the Reuters agency reported that ByteDance had requested an offer. The IPO of his future company TikTok GlobalAs soon as Donald Trump approves the deal with Oracle, the context may soon turn in TikTok’s favor. But nothing has been decided yet.
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