Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler shot down the Justice Department’s renewed attempt to prohibit the app in a ruling on Friday, upholding a previous decision on the grounds that the ban is “not narrowly tailored to address the government’s significant interest in national security” and does not survive “scrutiny under the …
Read More »US judge blocks Trump’s WeChat ban, halting removal of app from stores
The Trump administration says that WeChat is a national security threat, as it allegedly sends massive amounts of data to the Chinese government. The Commerce Department had ordered for the messenger to be removed from Apple and Google’s app stores in the US. However, hours before the ban was set …
Read More »Trump will ban US downloads of Chinese apps TikTok & WeChat starting September 20
The US will not force current American users to stop using the apps, but would instead prevent them from installing updates, Reuters reported. Washington will also order Apple, Google and other firms to make the apps unavailable on their platforms within the United States. However, the commerce department will not …
Read More »Messenger WeChat took off the lock
Last month Roskomnadzor was not in the spirit of block services one by one, and it was related to the WeChat messenger. The project ceased to operate in Russia today, however, the decision to block was reversed and all returned to normal. As it became known, representatives of WeChat is …
Read More »In Russia blocked WeChat messenger
Roskomnadzor continues to carry bobro and justice in the name of the moon and been almost daily reports on new locks. Today the ban went messenger, WeChat, where he was waiting for similar services BlackBerry Messenger, Imo and the Line blocked just a couple of days ago. Roskomnadzor declined to …
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