US President Joe Biden has revoked his predecessor Donald Trump’s executive orders that targeted the popular platforms TikTok and WeChat.
Biden formally revoked a number of executive orders, including orders titled “Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok” and “Addressing the Threat Posed by
Applications and Other Software Developed or Controlled by Chinese Companies.”
With rising tensions between the US and China, Biden’s administration will instead conduct its own investigation of the platform’s ties to the CCP through the commerce secretary, as part of a broader effort to examine apps with ties to foreign adversaries perceived to pose a risk to American data privacy or national security.