The Washington Postflipped into PoliticsFederal court issues preliminary injunction halting administration’s ban of Chinese app WeChatverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Jeanne WhalenA federal court has granted a preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration’s planned ban of Chinese app WeChat, in response to a plaintiff lawsuit saying the ban would harm their First Amendment rights. In an order issued late Saturday, the U.S. District Court in San Francisco said the …
GizmodoSep 18, 2020Trump's WeChat and TikTok App Store Bans Are a Cybersecurity Nightmareverified_publisherGizmodo - Dell CameronThe Trump administration has barely even bothered to back up its case that its use of emergency powers to strong-arm Beijing-based ByteDance into …
ABC NewsSep 18, 2020TikTok, WeChat to be banned from US app stores starting SundayABC News - William Mansell and Catherine ThorbeckeThe Trump admin said these apps were a threat to national security. Starting Sunday, downloads of the massively popular video app TikTok and the …
AvatarRoryflipped into RORYIndia blocks 118 apps including Baidu, AliPay, PUBG, WeChat Workverified_publisherZDNet - Chris DuckettApps, mostly linked to China, accused of sending data outside of India and undermining its sovereignty. The Indian Ministry of Electronics and …
AvatarCharles Yangflipped into TODAYBooting WeChat from the App Store could hit global iPhone shipments hardCult of Mac - Luke DormehlBooting WeChat out of the App Store could drive down worldwide iPhone shipments by up to 30%, claims respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. While WeChat’s total removal from the App Store seems an unlikely prospect, it could be the worst-case scenario of President Donald Trump’s recent executive …
NBC Newsflipped into Top StoriesJudge blocks Trump administration order to remove WeChat from app storesNBC News - ReutersThe judge early Sunday stopped the Commerce Department from requiring Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove the Chinese-owned messaging app. WASHINGTON, Sept 20 - A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Commerce Department from requiring Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging …
Warren Campbellflipped into Dogfather News BitesJudge halts Trump administration order banning WeChat from Apple and Google app storesverified_publisherCNBC - Amanda MaciasWASHINGTON — A U.S. judge in California halted the Trump administration's ban on downloads of the Chinese-owned app WeChat early Sunday. The move …
Auto World Magflipped into Tech WorldTikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores on Sundayverified_publisherEngadget - Steve DentThe move is being taken for "national security" reasons on the orders of President Trump. TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores starting on Sunday, September 20th, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced. The Chinese-owned apps from Tencent and ByteDance will not only be …
Associated Pressflipped into Business and FinanceUS WeChat users sue Trump over order banning messaging appAssociated Press - By ALEX VEIGALOS ANGELES (AP) — Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively bar access in the U.S. to the hugely popular Chinese messaging app. The complaint, filed Friday in San Francisco, is being brought by the nonprofit …
CNBCAug 5, 2020Trump administration wants to see 'untrusted' Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat removed from U.S. app stores, Pompeo saysverified_publisherCNBC - Amanda MaciasThe Trump administration wants to remove "untrusted" Chinese tech apps like TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
The VergeSep 18, 2020Trump to ban US TikTok and WeChat app store downloads on September 20thverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyThe US Commerce Department has issued a new order to block people in the US from downloading the popular video-sharing app TikTok as of September 20th, Reuters first reported Friday. The full order was published by the Department of Commerce on Friday morning. “Any transaction by any person, or with …
Jon Korkidakisflipped into Apps and MobileThis Week in Apps: iOS 14's surprise arrival, Apple's app bundle, TikTok & WeChat banned from app stores Sundayverified_publisherTechCrunch - Sarah PerezWelcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are now …
FOX BusinessUS WeChat users sue Trump over order banning messaging appverified_publisherFOX Business - Fox BusinessLOS ANGELES — Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively bar access in the U.S. to the hugely popular Chinese messaging app. The complaint, filed Friday in San Francisco, is being brought by the nonprofit U.S. …
