White House poised to set boundaries of WeChat, TikTok crackdown


The Trump administration is debating the scope and effective date of its bans on Chinese social media apps WeChat and TikTok. — Reuters

The Trump administration is debating the scope and effective date of its bans on Chinese social media apps WeChat and TikTok and will make its decisions public later this month, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Commerce Department, which will implement the bans on national security grounds, is drafting documents to clarify the specific transactions that will be prohibited between the Chinese companies and US businesses – and when those prohibitions will take effect, the people said.

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