US President Donald Trump has issued two separate orders banning the popular Chinese video-sharing application TickTalk and the multipurpose messaging app VChat.
According to US broadcaster CNN, Donald Trump issued a separate executive order on August 6 regarding future sanctions on Tik Tak and the same day on VChat.
According to a presidential decree on tick-tock issued by the US president, Chinese applications will be banned in the US if they are not sold to a US company within the next 45 days.
The order gives Chinese applications a deadline of September 15, 2020, after which both apps will be shut down in the United States if they fail to reach an agreement with any US company.
According to the order, TikTak and VChat will be able to resume their normal activities for the next 45 days, but if they do not reach an agreement after September 15, they will be shut down.
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If there is no agreement between Tik Tak and VChat, only the US government will face sanctions.
The effects of Donald Trump’s presidential decree on both Chinese apps will not affect any other country in the world.
Both orders were issued by Donald Trump at a time when he had already signaled a crackdown on both apps.
Donald Trump hinted at banning Tik Tak last week, after which US technology company Microsoft expressed interest in buying the Chinese app.
Bill Gates’ company, Microsoft, said last week that it was in talks with the US president and the Chinese company, which owns TickTock, to buy TickTalk and expected the matter to be resolved by September 15.
If Microsoft buys TikTak, it will be able to run the Chinese company in other neighboring countries in the region, including the United States, and Microsoft will see all the data and information related to it.
Tik Tak is currently being run by a Chinese company around the world, and the United States is concerned that important information from the Americans is being passed on to the Chinese government through Tik Tak.
The US president and other government officials have said in the past that the Chinese government and military are obtaining US data through tick tack, but the Chinese government and tick tack have denied such allegations.
It is expected that a purchase agreement will be reached between Microsoft and Tik Tak and the video sharing app will be monitored in the United States and other countries in the region.
Similarly, it is thought that VChat will also be bought by Microsoft, it is quite possible that another company including Apple will also buy the app at a higher price.
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Like Microsoft, Apple has expressed interest in buying TickTalk and VChat, but it is too early to say which US company the Chinese companies will deal with.
The US president did not indicate that Chinese apps would be allowed to run in the US in the absence of an agreement, so it is likely that Chinese companies will sign an agreement with one of the US companies in any case.
In the absence of an agreement, restrictions will also apply to VChat. Photo: Google Play Store