The Trump administration had planned effectively to ban WeChat and fellow Chinese-owned app TikTok in the U.S. late Sunday by preventing them from appearing in mobile-phone app stores. WeChat had about 3.3 million monthly active users in the United States as of August, according to analytics provider App Annie. ADThe short-form video app TikTok has been downloaded an estimated 100 million times by users in the United States. The Trump administration announced details of the proposed ban Friday. ADTencent last week called the proposed ban “unfortunate” and said it “has always incorporated the highest standards of user privacy and data security.”The proposed TikTok ban also has been criticized on First Amendment grounds.

Source: Washington Post September 20, 2020 14:30 UTC