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US ban on WeChat, TikTok takes effect Sept 20
In response to US President Donald Trump's August 6 executive order to protect national security, the US Commerce Department (Commerce Department) on Friday issued a statement banning the WeChat and TikTok apps from trading in the US, according to the Commerce Department's website.
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TikTok is not for sale, Oracle will become trusted technology provider in big reversal
On September 14, Oracle confirmed US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's statement that ByteDance's proposal to the US Treasury Department would have Oracle as "the trusted technology provider" for TikTok.
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Tencent says it will approach Indian regulators to ensure WeChat remains available
Tencent said on Thursday that it will approach Indian regulators to ensure that a number of its apps, including WeChat, remain available in the Indian market.
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US said to clarify limits of WeChat, TikTok crackdown around Sept 20
The Trump administration is debating the scope and effective date of its bans on Chinese social media apps WeChat and TikTok and the decisions will be made public in the Federal Register around September 20, Bloomberg reported Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter.
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Trump administration reassures US companies including Apple they can still use WeChat in China
The Trump administration is privately seeking to reassure US companies including Apple that they can still do business with the WeChat messaging app in China, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing several people familiar with the matter.
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WeChat launches mini-store to compete with Alibaba
The WeChat team today announced that the mini-store, which began internal testing on July 24, is fully open to companies, individually owned businesses, and individuals.
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WeChat team explains how to transfer chat logs, but is heavily criticized by users
For over a billion WeChat users, it can be a hassle to simply transfer their chat history to a new phone every time they change phones. On Tuesday, the WeChat team posted a video on Weibo explaining two ways on how to transfer WeChat chat logs.
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WeChat downloads spike in US as Trump ban has unexpected effect
Following US President Trump's threat to ban Tencent's social media app WeChat, there has been a surge in downloads of the app in the United States.
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95% of Chinese users would rather give up their iPhone than WeChat, survey shows
According to a Weibo survey, 95 percent of 1.2 million people said they would switch to an Android phone rather than give up WeChat if it were banned.
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Tencent says Trump's WeChat ban may not apply to the app in China
Tencent said that US President Trump's executive order banning its WeChat instant messaging service could have a minimal impact on its business if it only applies outside of China.