US users have come out against the
decision to ban multipurpose messaging app WeChat owned by the Chinese company
Tencent Holding. America's non-profit organization WeChat Users' Alliance has
filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump. The lawsuit has been filed
for issuing an executive order to ban WeChat.
On August 21, the WeChat Users
Alliance filed a complaint in San Francisco court against the banning of the
messaging app. The Alliance says President Trump's Executive Order, Freedom of
Speech, Freedom of Exercise of Religion and violation of legal rights. In the
petition, WeChat users have said that they use this messaging app to keep in
touch with work, and their relatives living in China. The Alliance has sought a
stay on the executive order by the court. This alliance of users has no
relation with WeChat's parent company Tencent Holding. US President Donald
Trump signed two executive orders on 6 August. Through these executive orders,
the Trump administration has banned WeChat and TikTok for security reasons.
However, this restriction is to come into effect 45 days later i.e. from 15
September. Recently, Donald Trump has granted a 90-day extension to the Chinese
company ByteDance to sell the US business of TikTok.
Microsoft, Twitter and Oracle are in
talks with ByteDance to buy TikTok's US business. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
has also informed Donald Trump. Donald Trump has also supported the Microsoft- ByteDance
deal. Trump wants an American company to buy the American business of TikTok.
However, talks with any of ByteDance's companies have not been finalized yet.
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