President Donald Trump signed two executive orders banning social media apps TikTok and WeChat within 45 days. The orders appear designed to accelerate the sale of the two platforms to American firms. It’s not clear if a U.S. company is interested in buying WeChat, but Microsoft has been involved in ongoing negotiations to buy a portion of the TikTok platform from its owner, Beijing-based ByteDance. In a statement, TikTok noted that it would seek legal action to stop enforcement.”]
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