TikTok and US WeChat users sue Trump administration crackdown on popular Chinese-owned services
TikTok will challenge in court a Trump administration crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned service, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat.
TikTok has repeatedly denied being any threat to US security, and Beijing has called the Trump crackdown political manipulation.Some US-based users of WeChat are suing Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively bar access in the US to the hugely popular Chinese messaging app.
“We think there's a First Amendment interest in providing continued access to that app and its functionality to the Chinese-American community,” Michael Bien, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, said Saturday.Trump's fight against Chinese firms “The first thing we’re going to seek is a postponement of the implementation of the penalties and sanctions —- a reasonable period of time between explaining what the rules are and punishing people for not complying with them,” Bien said.
Within China, WeChat is censored and expected to adhere to content restrictions set by authorities. The Citizen Lab internet watchdog group in Toronto have said WeChat monitors files and images shared abroad to aid its censorship in China.
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