News WeChat and TikTok Bans Start Sunday, Fortnite and LoL May Be Next

[Admin]

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on TikTok to divest from its Chinese owners by banning it Sunday, as well as outright banning WeChat, which is owned by Chinese gaming giant Tencent.

WeChat and TikTok Bans Start Sunday, Fortnite and LoL May Be Next : Read more

 

[Endymio]

>> "I, for one, am installing TikTok while I still can. "

Isn't this article posted in the news section, not commentary? So much for objectivity and journalistic integrity. I'd prefer it if the author left her opinion at the door.

Often left out of the reporting on this issue is the fact that, long before Trump got involved, there had been bipartisan concern over the PRC's involvement in TikTok and related platforms. For those of you out there who believe TikTok is utterly innocuous, ask yourself why the Chinese government banned TikTok from any deal which gave a foreign firm access to their source code.

 

[nofanneeded]

IMO all these stupid apps should be banned altogther ... 99% of Tiktok use is waste of time and it is dangerous for kids.

 

[cryoburner]

Fortnite is owned by Epic games, a US company that Tencent just happens to have a large minority stake in. That's not really the same as with Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, where Tencent bought the company outright.

And neither of those are really comparable to TikTok or WeChat, which were both Chinese Social Media and communications platforms from the start.