Trump Issues Executive Orders Banning TikTok, WeChat Apps Over Security Concerns

(August 10, 2020, 3:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.  — In a pair of executive orders issued Aug. 6, President Donald J. Trump essentially banned any use within the United States of the popular social networking TikTok and WeChat apps, citing threats to "the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States" from the mobile applications, both of which are owned by companies in the People's Republic of China....