Trump’s WeChat curbs halted by judge on free speech concerns
I think it&#x27;s easy to say the ban doesn&#x27;t make sense when it is perhaps a preventative measure.  We have seen social networks take over others many times in terms of popularity.<p>If TikTok and WeChat&#x27;s usage becomes more widespread in the voting population of the US, they would have a lot of influence by controlling what kind of content its users sees; e.g., FB has been criticized many times for this, namely performing psychological experiments on its users<p>I recall this quote by former KGB informant Yuri Bezmenov:<p>&gt; The main emphasis of the KGB is not in the area of intelligence at all. Only about 15% of time, money, and manpower is spent on espionage and such. The other 85% is a slow process which we call either ideological subversion or active measures ... or psychological warfare<p>The difference between TikTok and WeChat and FB&#x2F;Google&#x2F;Twitter is obvious: the former are to some degree controlled by China and the latter are private entities.<p>I understand there are services part of WeChat that are essential to users, so I would hope there is a good compromise here.  I don&#x27;t see why the communication component of the app can&#x27;t continue to exist but  WeChat is a lot more than a chat app.