FAQ: TikTok & WeChat ban — why it’s happening and what it means for youHere's everything you need to know about the ban.
At the eleventh hour, bans on both WeChat and TikTok have been halted in U.S. court rooms following legal challenges. A group called the U.S. WeChat Users alliance has successfully persuaded a judge to stop President Trump banning the app from U.S. app stoers and cutting off its payment functions.
A hearing on Tiktok will be held on September 27 to decide the immediate fate of the app after the company took the administration to court. But what is being proposed, and what could it mean for users?
How did we get here?
Since late last year, there have been murmurings and warnings from U.S. officials over concerns about apps from Chinese companies being used in America. TikTok was specifically named by US Senators as a "potential counter-intelligence threat" as early as October 2019. Since then, TikTok's popularity has exploded thanks to the global pandemic. A lot of what's happening could also be seen as fallout from the US-China tr...
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FAQ: TikTok & WeChat ban — why it’s happening and what it means for you
