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posted by martyb on Friday August 07 2020, @01:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the Bytedance-bit-flipped dept.

From The Verge:

President Trump has signed a new executive order which will block all transactions with Bytedance, TikTok's parent corporation, in an effort to "address the national emergency with respect to the information and communication technology supply chain."

The move comes after months of escalating tensions, which saw Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others at the White House warn that TikTok presented a national security threat because of its Chinese ownership. Microsoft is currently in talks to acquire portions of the app, aimed to be complete by September 15th.

A parallel order banned transactions with WeChat, a popular texting app in China that maintains a small user base in the US.

[...] The executive branch has the power to levy sanctions against individuals and corporations by placing them on the "entity list," as the US did against Huawei and ZTE last year. But such sanctions are typically put in place by the Commerce Department rather than the White House, and subject to a specific rule-making procedure that seems to have been short-circuited by the surprise executive order.

See also: Tencent stock plummets after Trump announces plan to ban WeChat in the US

Previously:
(2020-08-01) President Trump Threatens TikTok Ban, Microsoft Considers Buying TikTok's U.S. Operations[Updated 2]
(2020-07-07) Reddit and LinkedIn Stop Copying iPhone Clipboard Contents
(2020-06-30) India Bans TikTok, WeChat, and Other Chinese-Owned Apps
(2020-06-28) TikTok and 53 Other iOS Apps Still Snoop Your Sensitive Clipboard Data
(2019-12-27) Investigation Claims United Arab Emirates Uses The ToTok App To Spy
(2019-10-26) Lawmakers Ask US Intelligence to Assess If TikTok is a Security Threat


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 07 2020, @06:11PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 07 2020, @06:11PM (#1033052) Journal

    They are only cops that come in after something starts...

    Nope, they tried to get there before the outbreak but Trump fired them all.

    U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak [reuters.com]
    U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak [reuters.com]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 07 2020, @08:12PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 07 2020, @08:12PM (#1033126)

    of course deathmonkey loves the CDC! the professional liars who run interference for big pharma. what a stupid fucking slave.

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 07 2020, @08:31PM (2 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 07 2020, @08:31PM (#1033138) Journal

      You're right, I do love the doctors who are busy trying to save both of our asses.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 07 2020, @09:25PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 07 2020, @09:25PM (#1033168)

        That is why they lied to you and told you not to wear a mask when it mattered in Feb/Mar?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @06:56PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @06:56PM (#1033566)

          You mean asked people to stop hoarding N95 masks so doctors would have their needed PPE?

          Try and be more fucking stupid ya douche nozzle.