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New E.O. Revokes TikTok and WeChat Prohibitions, But Lays Framework for New Restrictions

Yesterday, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“E.O.”) that formally revokes and replaces three earlier E.O.s that aimed to restrict transactions with TikTok, WeChat, and other communications and Fintech…

U.S. Government Bans TikTok and WeChat Downloads Beginning Sunday

Post Update: Over the weekend, the WeChat and TikTok bans were temporarily suspended. On Saturday, the Commerce Department delayed implementation of the TikTok ban until September 28, 2020 after it was announced that…

Data Protection and National Security Concerns Meet in TikTok, WeChat Executive Orders

This summer continues to be a busy season at the intersection of data protection and national security. As we reported in July, the Schrems II decision invalidated Privacy Shield on the ground that its national…

President Issues Executive Orders Targeting TikTok and WeChat

Last Thursday, the President issued two executive orders (“E.O.s”) targeting social media applications TikTok (and its parent company, ByteDance) and WeChat (and its parent company, Tencent Holdings). The E.O.s direct…