SAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) - A group of WeChat users asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from imposing a ban on what they say appears to be all uses of the Chinese messaging app in the US over national security concerns.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of WeChat users asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from imposing a ban on what they say appears to be all uses of the Chinese messaging app in the US over national security concerns.
The"vaguely worded" executive order doesn't define what transactions will be prohibited and leaves individuals and companies at a loss whether they will violate the president's order if they don't fundamentally change the way they communicate or run their businesses, according to the lawyers. "The Executive Order was, however, issued in the midst of the 2020 election cycle, during a time when President Trump has made numerous anti-Chinese statements that have contributed to and incited racial animus against persons of Chinese descent."
WeChat, owned by Shenzhen, China-based Tencent Holdings Ltd., is used by millions of Americans and US residents to communicate with people whose first language is Chinese, according to the alliance. Trump also ordered TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance Ltd., on Aug 14 to sell its US assets, with potential buyers Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. showing interest.
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