US President orders ban on tick-tock and We-chat

US President Donald Trump has issued two separate orders banning the popular Chinese video-sharing application TikTok and the multipurpose messaging app We-Chat.

According to US broadcaster CNN, Donald Trump issued a separate executive order on August 6 regarding future sanctions on TikTok and the same day on We-Chat.

According to a presidential decree on TikTok issued by the US president, if Chinese applications are not sold to a US company in the next 45 days, they will be banned in the US.

The order issued gives Chinese applications a deadline of September 15, 2020, after which both apps will close in the United States if they fail to reach an agreement with any US company.

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According to the order, TikTok and We-Chat will be able to resume their normal activities for the next 45 days, but if they do not reach an agreement after September 15, they will be shut down.

If there is no agreement between Tik Tok and We-Chat, only the US government will face sanctions.

The effects of Donald Trump's presidential decree on both Chinese apps will not affect any other country in the world.

Both orders have been issued by Donald Trump at a time when he has already signaled a crackdown on both apps.

Donald Trump hinted at banning TikTok last week, after which US technology company Microsoft expressed interest in buying the Chinese app.

Bill Gates' company, Microsoft, said last week that it was in talks with the US president and the Chinese company, which owns TikTok to buy TikTok and expected the matter to be resolved by September 15.

If Microsoft buys TikTok, it will be able to run the Chinese company in other neighboring countries in the region, including the United States, and Microsoft will see all the data and information related to it.

TikTok is currently being run by a Chinese company around the world, and the United States is concerned that important information from the Americans is being passed on to the Chinese government through TikTok.

The US president and other government officials have repeatedly said in the past that the Chinese government and military were obtaining US data through Tik Tak, but the Chinese government and TikTok have denied such allegations.

It is expected that a purchase agreement will be reached between Microsoft and Tik Tak and the video sharing app will be monitored in the United States and other countries in the region.

Similarly, it is thought that We-Chat will also be bought by Microsoft, it is quite possible that another company including Apple will also buy the app at a higher price.

Like Microsoft, Apple has expressed interest in buying TikTok and We-Chat, but it is too early to say which US company the Chinese companies will deal with.

The US president did not indicate that Chinese apps would be allowed to run in the US in any other way if there was no agreement, so it is likely that Chinese companies will sign an agreement with one or another US company in any case.