Trump hit the Chinese Tencent. The blow will reach the creators of League of Legends, Fortnite, WoW and other games
As announced yesterday , the US administration has started a war with Chinese digital service providers. Tencent and ByteDance have 45 days to settle their errands in America. Mike Pompeo’s plan, presented yesterday, seems to be being implemented. President Donald Trump has just signed an ordinance prohibiting the cooperation of US economic and official entities with the owners of TikTok and WeChat services. The regulation, unless blocked by a US court, will come into force in 45 days. INBOX: @realDonaldTrump has signed an executive order to ban TikTok in 45 days. pic.twitter.com/1zR4HgCPVj – Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) August 7, 2020 In the justification, Trump writes that the applications of these companies – in his opinion – expose national security, foreign policy and the economy of the United States to sabotage by the Chinese authorities. Information collected by WeChat and TikTok may, it claims, process location and browsing history data for US citizens. This infor...