President Trump bans US transactions with TikTok and WeChat starting September 20

The order could also affect Tencent's operations in the US

The past few months have seen a global crackdown on applications owned by companies based in China, almost entirely due to political backlash at the country, rather than concerns over data privacy. India has now banned over a hundred China-made applications, most notably including TikTok, and now the United States is following suit.

President Trump signed two executive orders today, focusing primarily on WeChat and TikTok. The order affecting TikTok claims the app records "browsing and search histories," even though there doesn't appear to be any public evidence of that.

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