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Dennis Reynolds

U.S. to start blocking TikTok and WeChat downloads Sunday

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The U.S. will begin blocking the distribution of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, the Department of Commerce said Friday.

Commerce said in a news release that U.S. mobile platforms will be prohibited from distributing the apps, meaning new downloads will be blocked.

But TikTok will not disappear entirely on Sunday. The app will still work for at least a few more weeks. Commerce said that crucial services that TikTok relies on, such as internet hosting and transit services, will not be prohibited until Nov. 12 — pushing the deadline to after the election.

WeChat, however, faces the full ban on Sunday, which could render the app almost useless.

The statement gives TikTok a reprieve as it continues to negotiate a deal in hopes of staving off the full ban.

"The real shut down would come after Nov. 12 in the event that there is not another transaction," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in an interview on the Fox Business Network. "So it’s very different how the two are being handled and that reflects the quantitative and the qualitative differences between the two apps."

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Apple declined to comment.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/us-start-blocking-tiktok-wechat-downloads-sunday-rcna126

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1 hour ago, Jjang said:

America: spies on the entire world through Big Data analytics 

Also America: BuT ChInAAA burn1

I mean, this probably means an American company is gonna buy/invest in it instead 

 

Microsoft is already interested rip4

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2 minutes ago, Entea said:

Microsoft is already interested rip4

Microsoft said their offer got rejected. The deal is supposedly going through with Oracle, or the company who made Java. It's one of the biggest programming languages in the world

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3 hours ago, Jake said:

Microsoft said their offer got rejected. The deal is supposedly going through with Oracle, or the company who made Java. It's one of the biggest programming languages in the world

Oops, I'm behind on the times rip4

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i mean its annoying af especially all the 17 year old straight white men who thirst trap 13 year old girls - that NEEDS to go

but isnt this a violation of the 1st amendment's free speech piece?

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