Tag: WeChat ban

Canadian government bans WeChat Chinese app from its devices

Stephanie Beck
Chinese app ban - Image of Canadian federal government building

The country officially announced that the application is banned on all government gadgets. Canada’s federal government has announced that it is banning the popular Chinese app WeChat from all its devices. WeChat, often nicknamed the “everything app”, is like a combination of many other popular applications. The Chinese app is somewhat like a combination of Facebook, WhatsApp, Amazon and Tinder, all in one place. That said, there are some substantial concerns about the application among Western governments. Mainly, this has to do with the potential for the application to be…

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Apple use in China could plummet by 95 percent if the US bans WeChat

Jorge Gonzalez
Apple use in China - woman and child looking at iPhone

A massive survey of 1.2 million Chinese iPhone owners shows they would switch brands. A huge survey conducted with the participation of 1.2 million Chinese iPhone owners showed that Apple use in China would fall by 95 percent if Donald Trump’s executive order is implemented. The iPhone owners stated that they would rather switch smartphone brands than go without WeChat. The survey was conducted following an executive order from US President Donald Trump which would ban American companies from transacting with Tencent, the owner of WeChat. That said, this survey’s…

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