WeChat was installed about 54,000 times between Friday and Saturday, 28 times the 1,900 downloads seen in the same two-day period a week before, according to data analytics firm Sensor Tower. — AFP
HONG KONG: Chinese tech giant Tencent’s WeChat messaging app has seen a surge in downloads in the United States since Sept 18 after Washington confirmed it would push ahead with a planned ban of the app, data showed on Sept 22.
The US Department of Commerce issued an order requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove WeChat for downloads on national security grounds, but a US judge blocked the move on Sept 20. The US Commerce Department said on Sept 21 it will challenge the order.
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