Millions Of US Users To Be Hit By Wechat Block
September 19, 2020
1:53 pm
Washington’s crackdown on WeChat will disrupt communications between millions of people in the United States and their friends, families and business partners in China.
But the app had not managed to reproduce in the US its success in China as the dominant smartphone-based payments platform.
The US Commerce Department announced partial bans on Friday on WeChat as well as video app TikTok.
The order will slow down WeChat to make it unuseable in the United States for videochats with family and friends.
“They are slowing the speed to technically make it virtually impossible to use audio, video, or send images,” …
