The Trump administration made good on its threat to block U.S. users from accessing TikTok and WeChat, announcing that American businesses will be banned from distributing either of the Chinese-owned ...

While a federal judge has temporarily blocked a ban of WeChat from US app stores, there are other messaging and social media apps out there. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, ...

A researcher of culturally sensitive design explains WeChat’s significance for the Chinese diaspora and what will be lost if the U.S. succeeds in banning it. On the day before WeChat was ordered to be ...

The battle between President Trump and Chinese-owned mobile apps TikTok and WeChat reached an inflection point Friday with the Commerce Department announcing that the platforms will be banned from app ...

The Trump administration has officially banned the Chinese-owned messaging and mobile payment app WeChat from US app stores starting this Sunday, Sept. 20, leaving many people who regularly use the ...

Elon Musk’s vision of Twitter, now rebranded as X, as an “everything app” is no secret. When the X logo replaced Twitter’s blue bird, the internet buzzed with heated discussions about just what it ...

With a jump of more than 40 million monthly active users since the end of 2013, the mobile messaging app's star appears to be on the rise. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who ...

Chinese Americans say they feel "targeted" by Trump's WeChat ban. For many in the Chinese American community, WeChat is their only tether to friends and family both in the U.S. and thousands of miles ...

As relayed in a memo released by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, WeChat and TikTok must be removed from all mobile app stores in the U.S. effective Sunday. Additionally, all cash transactions via ...

The Trump administration has been waging a months-long campaign against two popular mobile apps, WeChat and TikTok, over their Chinese ownership. It began with an Aug. 6 executive order calling for ...