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WeChat ban: Apple, Disney and others reportedly push back on call with White House – Source CNET Internet News

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Disney, Apple, Walmart and nearly a dozen other companies called the White House on Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The goals, according to the report: to seek clarity on President Donald Trump’s executive order banning “any transaction that is related to WeChat” (owned by Chinese corporation Tencent) and to encourage the administration to “narrow the order as it is implemented over the coming weeks,” per anonymous sources.

President Trump’s executive order targeted popular social media app TikTok along with WeChat. But analysts have warned of the particular risk…

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