TikTok Ban September 20 2020: Soon, U.S. will not be able to download TikTok, WeChat with new ban


TikTok is in danger again after the Commerce Department announces that the Donald Trump administration will ban TikTok and WeChat downloads in the United States as early as Sunday, September 20.


In an announcement on its website, the United States Department of Commerce announced that beginning on September 20, American companies, such as Apple and Google, would be banned from distributing Chinese applications TikTok and WeChat, such as in their App Store and Google Play. They also announced that the use of WeChat to transfer funds or process payments in the United States would be prohibited.

“Under the leadership of the President, we have taken significant steps to combat China's malicious collection of personal data of US citizens, while promoting our national values, rule-based democratic norms, and aggressive enforcement of US laws and regulations. "Said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, based on criticism of TikTok as a national risk following reports of US user data being stored on servers in China. Although, TikTok has denied representing these types of problems, so they are in the middle of a lawsuit to avoid the ban.

This ban announced by the Commerce Department is separate from the November 12 deadline ban, which would seek to prohibit US companies from providing Internet hosting and services for TikTok.

The announcement also comes after reports that Oracle was in discussions for an agreement with ByteDance to become a "trusted technology partner" that would allow "the storage of US-based TikTok user data at the center of data from Oracle ”. This differs from a direct purchase of TikTok operations in the region, as sought by both Microsoft and Donald Trump.

Although the reports highlighted Trump's good political relations with Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, it is unknown at this time if Sunday's ban will mean that an agreement between Oracle, TikTok and the Trump administration will not happen, or if it will not happen. before Sunday, or after but before November 12.

How would the ban on TikTok affect September 20? Starting that date, CBNC reports that TikTok would continue to work on devices where it is already downloaded, but it could not be downloaded or updated to new versions, similar to Fortnite and its ban on the App Store and Google Play. Therefore, the deadline of November 12 is expected to be the one indicated that would completely ban the application and its services if an agreement is not reached. As for WeChat, from Tencent, a Chinese company, it is unknown how it would work after September 20.

At the moment, the situation is one that continues to evolve, but official expressions have not been given from TikTok, ByteDance, WeChat, Tencent, Apple, or Google.

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