WeChat Ban

[jd_malachi 59]

As I am sure you have heard the president has issued an executive order banning wechat "transactions" effective Sept 20.  It will most likely be challenged in court under the grounds of freedom of speech, I am not going to assume it will be successful.  While I am waiting to see how expansive the ban is and what is considered a "transaction" I am curious what means others are using in the event its a complete wholesale ban. I already have and use a VPN so I am hoping that will allow me to continue to use the app. 

 

I am also curious if this will affect the wechat for web page or just the mobile app.  I hate not having details to sink my teeth into. This is a serious blow to those of us with loved ones behind the Great Firewall and rely on wechat to communicate with them.

[RandyW 149]

Just sit back and see what develops from this. It's hard for me to believe that they could do anything more than remove WeChat from the app stores, if even that. In the meantime, here's an article from the South China Morning Post, which suggests using QQ, if it comes to that. There's also VoIP phone calls. 

 

It's hard to believe that the Adminstration would set up a 'Great American Firewall' just to block WeChat, but you never know if anything will come of this.

 

The Android version can be side-loaded, of course.

 

Chinese users wait to see what impact Trump WeChat ban will have