President Trump has signed a new executive order which will block all transactions with Chinese tech firm Bytedance, TikTok’s parent corporation, in an effort to “address the national emergency with respect to the information and communication technology supply chain,” The Verge reports.
It isn’t effectively immediately, but has a 45 day deadline.
Politico reports a separate executive order with the same conditions was also issued to WeChat, another Chinese-owned smartphone app.
Trump asserted in his order that the apps “capture vast swaths of information from its users” and their data collection “allows the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information.“
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