President Biden Revokes Trump’s<br />Attempted Ban on TikTok and WeChat.<br />President Joe Biden has revoked a series of executive<br />orders signed by Donald Trump during his time in office. .<br />Trump and his administration made efforts to ban TikTok,<br />WeChat and other Chinese apps in the United States. .<br />Instead of an outright ban, President Biden issued<br />his own executive order calling for “foreign adversary<br />connected software applications” to be evaluated. .<br />This includes applications with ties to China,<br />which the order describes as posing<br />“unacceptable national security risks.”.<br />The Biden Administration is committed<br />to promoting an open, interoperable, reliable<br />and secure Internet; protecting human rights<br />online and offline; and supporting a vibrant,<br />global digital economy, White House, via statement.<br />Certain countries, including the People’s Republic<br />of China (PRC), do not share these values and<br />seek to leverage digital technologies and<br />Americans’ data in ways that present unacceptable<br />national security risks while advancing<br />authoritarian controls and interests. , White House, via statement.<br />The Commerce Department<br />will assess these apps<br />using a “criteria-based<br />decision framework.” .<br />Their evaluations will be “evidence-based,” with<br />“appropriate” actions to be taken and “recommendations” to<br />be given based on their subsequent findings. .<br />This E.O. directs the Department of Commerce,<br />in consultation with other U.S. departments and<br />agencies, to make recommendations to protect against harm from the sale, transfer of, or access to sensitive personal data, including personally identifiable information and genetic information, White House, via statement
