As things stand, residents of the US will be unable to download TikTok and WeChat from Sunday
and WeChat apps to their phones from Sunday. The President of the United States ordered the halt on app store downloads amid an ongoing wrangle over the sale of social networking app TikTok, which Trump has branded a national security threat.
People who already have TikTok and WeChat on their phones will not be prevented from using them, or forced to remove them, but they will be unable to upgrade the apps as new versions of them become available. That will make them significantly harder to use over time.Trump could still rescind the ban if TikTok – which is owed by Chinese social media giant ByteDance – is sold to a US owner in the coming days, with talks about a sale to American owners ongoing.
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