The US will ban downloads of TikTok and WeChat. Writes about this Reuters with reference to officials of the US Department of Commerce.
Users living in the United States will not be able to install TikTok or WeChat updates. Sources emphasize that the authorities will not force users to remove applications from their phones, but will force Apple and Google to remove Chinese applications from their platforms available in the country. At the same time, Apple and Google will be able to save applications on platforms operating in other countries.
In addition, US companies will be allowed to do business in China via WeChat. If the owners of TikTok manage to conclude an asset-sharing deal with Washington, the authorities will not block the application in the country.
The division of assets could mean the sale of TikTok to a US company. So, in August, Microsoft confirmed its desire to buy the application from the Chinese company ByteDance. The deal comes with a complete review of the security of user data. If the transaction is successful, the data of American users of the social network will be stored in the United States.
According to unofficial reports, Trump is going to force ByteDance to give up its stake in TikTok from July so that China cannot control the work of the social network in the United States. At the same time it was reported that the American leader was going to completely ban the social network in the United States.
