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On Friday, it seemed just like the US was able to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat, two widespread China-based apps that the Trump administration warned posed safety threats to American customers. The Commerce Division issued an order that will have prohibited new downloads as of Sunday. And on Saturday WeChat specifically noticed a pointy uptick in new installs within the US, based on analytics platform Sensor Tower, with an 800 p.c week-over-week improve.
However as of Sunday afternoon, every has acquired a reprieve from a US ban, at the least quickly. President Trump mentioned Saturday he had given a deal between TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart his “blessing,” prompting a one-week delay from the Commerce Division on TikTok’s ban. And a choose in…
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