Biden revokes Trump-era TikTok and WeChat ban orders
Al JazeeraThe White House revokes Trump-era executive orders that tried to ban TikTok and WeChat, but orders the Department of Commerce to conduct a security review of apps made, controlled or supplied by China. Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China. The administration earlier this year had backed off former President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban the popular video app TikTok, asking a court to postpone a legal dispute as the government began a broader review of the national security threats posed by Chinese technology companies. A court filing said the Department of Commerce was reviewing whether Trump’s claims about TikTok’s threat to national security justified the attempts to ban it from smartphone app stores and deny it vital technical services.