Analysis: In China, they call WeChat the 'app for everything'. And, on Friday, US President Donald Trump effectively banned it | erykbagshaw
It's a messaging platform little known to non-Chinese users in Australia but it has transformed the lives of its 1 billion users.The US has banned residents from doing business with WeChat.The move will have ramifications around the world for members of the Chinese diaspora, cross-border communication between families and businesses, and day-to-day living for millions.
But Trump's sudden decision on Friday morning to issue two executive orders and ban US residents from doing any business with WeChat, along with TikTok, from September 15 is much more significant. Fundamentally, the Trump administration believes WeChat and TikTok pose a national security threat by collecting information that could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party and censoring content that is unfavourable to Beijing.
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