WeChat avoids US ban
A judge has blocked the US government's attempt to ban the Chinese-owned app, WeChat.US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler raised concerns about the ban infringing on people's right to free speech.The Department of Commerce had announced it was planning to remove the messaging and payment app from the US app stores on Sunday (20.09.20).Trump's administration claimed WeChat poses a national security threat and could share users' data with the Chinese government, something WeChat has strongly denied.It comes as Trump gave his "blessing" to a proposed deal which will stop TikTok facing a nationwide b...