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US government has decided to prohibit new downloads of TikTok and completely ban WeChat.
The Chinese Communist Party said there was a concern that Americans' personal information would be passed over, and TikTok decided to ban its use from November if the sale negotiations failed.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports from Washington.
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U.S. Department of Commerce announced that from the 20th local time, TikTok will ban downloading new apps and WeChat completely banning its use.
This will also block remittances from US users through WeChat.
The reason for the sanctions is that personal information of Americans may be passed on to the CCP, which poses a serious threat to national security.
[Trump/US President: We must have full security from China.
We will not do anything that threatens our security.]
TikTok is negotiating a sale with US companies Oracle and Wal-Mart, and the US government has decided to stop using WeChat if the results do not come out by November 12th. .
Existing TikTok users can use the service until then, but cannot receive updates.
[Dan Ives/Weedbush Securities Director: Looking at the usage behavior of young Americans, TikTok can be said to be as important as food and water.]
Unlike Huawei, which had few US users, it is estimated that TikTok has more than 100 million users, and if a ban on actual use is imposed, great confusion will be inevitable.