China condemned, on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on the two Chinese apps, TikTok and WeChat, describing the decision as "political manipulation and repression."
Trump announced the closure of these two platforms within a period of 45 days, amid increasing tension between the United States and China.
Trump signed, on Thursday evening, two executive orders preventing financial dealings after 45 days with the owners of the "TikTok" and "WeChat" applications, on suspicion of being exploited by China.
The two executive orders came after President Trump's administration said the past week it was stepping up efforts to remove "untrusted" Chinese apps from U.S. app stores, and described TikTok and WeChat as "major threats.”
Trump said that the app could be used in disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party, and the United States should "take strong measures against TikTok owners to protect our national security.”
“WeChat automatically collects enormous information from its users. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party to access personal information of Americans,” said Trump in another decree.
It’s noteworthy that the Senate passed a law to prevent federal employees from using "TikTok" on government devices after a similar law was passed by the Congress.
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