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title: President Issues Executive Orders Targeting TikTok and WeChat
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# President Issues Executive Orders Targeting TikTok and WeChat

  August 11, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Thursday, the President issued two executive orders (“E.O.s”) targeting social media applications [TikTok](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok/) (and its parent company, ByteDance) and [WeChat](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-wechat/) (and its parent company, Tencent Holdings). The E.O.s direct the Department of Commerce (“DOC”) to prohibit transactions involving the applications. Companies that deal directly with TikTok or WeChat in the United States and abroad or use their services need to evaluate the scope of those activities and determine if they will be affected by the E.O.s.

[Click here](https://www.ustrademonitor.com/2020/08/president-issues-executive-orders-targeting-tiktok-and-wechat/) to read the full post from Kelley Drye’s Trade and Manufacturing Monitor.

 

 **Tags:** [IEEPA](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/commlaw-monitor/tags/ieepa), [TikTok](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/commlaw-monitor/tags/tiktok), [WeChat](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/commlaw-monitor/tags/wechat)

 

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