In WeChat's case, a U.S. district court judge issued a temporary stay against the ban, while TikTok owner ByteDance is in the process of finalizing a complicated deal with Oracle.

People in the United States rushed to download TikTok and WeChat after the Commerce Department announced plans to restrict access to both apps starting Sunday.

TikTok could still avert a shutdown. It’s much more complicated for WeChat.

U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok as China becomes major focus of election The order is the first time the United States has sought to block access to an app on the Web, officials said ...

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 ...

WeChat will be banned in the U.S. and new downloads of and updates to TikTok will not be available starting Sunday, the Commerce Department said.

The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday took harsh action against popular apps WeChat and TikTok. Here's what you need to know.

TikTok and WeChat may raise security concerns, but Trump’s knee-jerk reaction isn’t the way to deal with them ...

Trump followed the TikTok ban with a similar executive order for WeChat, a messaging app owned by Chinese giant TenCent. As with TikTok, the ban goes into effect in 45 days.

President Trump issued two executive orders late Thursday against China-based TikTok and messaging app WeChat, citing national security concerns in a sweeping order that could prevent the ...