Donald Trump's TikTok, WeChat Executive Order Sparks Intense Response Online
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders late Thursday night, hitting TikTok and WeChat, [...]
Why is Trump acting more quickly to ban TikTok than deal with the coronavirus...genuinely sad, confused, DISGUSTED, and concerned 😒
— Nicole Жardashian (@trukardashfan) August 7, 2020
In the executive order on the "threat posed by WeChat," Trump accused the social network of similar charges. "WeChat, like TikTok, also reportedly censors content that the Chinese Communist Party deems politically sensitive and may also be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party," the executive order on WeChat reads. "These risks have led other countries, including Australia and India, to begin restricting or banning the use of WeChat. The United States must take aggressive action against the owner of WeChat to protect our national security."
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Well, that's an important use of his time. pic.twitter.com/pEwNnz7m8e
— Uriel (@sickendun2death) August 7, 2020
Last week, Microsoft announced it was in talks to acquire TikTok. Trump stepped into the discussions this week, setting a Sept. 15 deadline for the company to buy the social network. Then, Trump said any deal needs to include a "substantial amount of money" sent to the U.S. government. "Right now they don't have any rights unless we give it to them. So if we're going to give them the rights, then ... it has to come into this country," the president said, reports CNN. "It's a great asset, but it's not a great asset in the United States unless they have approval in the United States."
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prevnextWish US and China could have better relations. So that all our technologies can be used. TikTok and WeChat should just spin off into independent entities if they want to do business in the United States. No need to sell to big tech like Microsoft, they're already too big.
— Gina Bennett (@TheGinaBennett) August 7, 2020
prevnextMeanwhile, Russia has bounties out on our military forces, thousands of Americans have died from Covid 19, our economy is a wreck with high unemployment, corruption is rampant but wow thanks for banning Tiktok. 😡😡😡
— Jenna Olbermann (@bibliophile68) August 7, 2020
prevnextSeems everyone is confused about the wording of the EO and whether it bans just WeChat and Tiktok or all subsidiaries under Tencent. 🥴
Not to mention ofc China will retaliate.
So good job, Trump. We really needed an international economic incident on top of everything else.
— Kay⁷ 🐣 Blossom (@Hedgegi) August 7, 2020
prevTo translate: Trump has ordered a ban on US transactions with Tencent, which is the world's largest video game company, one of the world's most valuable companies, one of the world's largest social media companies, and one of the world's largest venture capital firms.
— Nick Feik (@NickFeik) August 7, 2020
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