Can’t live without: The WeChat app seen next to its logo. The app has an average of 19 million daily active users in the US. — REUTERS
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge here has rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to continue to offer Chinese-owned WeChat for download app stores in the United States.US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said the government’s new evidence did not change her opinion about the Tencent app.
As it has with Chinese video app TikTok, the Justice Department has argued WeChat threatens national security.
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