Chinese in US hit hard by WeChat and TikTok bans, fear being cut off from ties in China

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Ethnic Chinese in America and business owners reacted with dismay and outrage to the Trump administration’s ban on Chinese-owned apps WeChat and TikTok. AsiaNewsNetwork

Ms Lin, whose parents immigrated to the US from China over 20 years ago, said WeChat’s arrival in 2011 was the first time she was able to speak to and get to know her cousins and grandparents.

American businesses with suppliers and customers in China reeled from the news that WeChat transactions would be banned. Current WeChat users, of which there are more than 50 million active in the US, will not be immediately affected if they already have the app downloaded onto their phones.But WeChat appears headed for a slow death in the US, cut off from updates and security patches via the official app store, as well as from hosting and network services that support the app.

Technology experts also pointed out that new security risks could be introduced by users attempting to bypass the restrictions by installing unverified apps, called sideloading, or by removing restrictions from a phone to allow such apps to be installed, or jailbreaking.

 

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Now they know how americans feel while in China where facebook, instagram, whatsapp, google and many more US apps are banned hahaha.

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