U.S. Government Takes Aim at TikTok and WeChat Citing Privacy and Security Concerns
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U.S. Government Takes Aim at TikTok and WeChat Citing Privacy and Security Concerns

On August 6, 2020, President Trump signed executive orders imposing new economic sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.) and the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.) against TikTok, a video-sharing mobile application, and WeChat, a messaging, social media and mobile payments application. The orders potentially affect tens of millions of U.S. users of these applications and billions of users worldwide.

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