Trump issues bans on China's TikTok, WeChat, stoking tension with Beijing | CBC News
5:07am PDT - August 7th, 2020 tiktok ban - CBC NewsU.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China's ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing.