An 'irreplaceable cultural bridge': WeChat users fight back against Trump's attempt to ban the Chinese app
"Like TikTok, WeChat automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users," the executive order stated. "This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information."
"In addition, the application captures the personal and proprietary information of Chinese nationals visiting the United States, thereby allowing the Chinese Communist Party a mechanism for keeping tabs on Chinese citizens who may be enjoying the benefits of a free society for the first time in their lives," the order stated.
"TikTok automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users, including Internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search histories,"stated.
The lawsuit that WeChat Users Alliance filed on Friday claims that Trump's order "eviscerates an irreplaceable cultural bridge" and says that the maneuver is "unlawful and unconstitutional."
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