US rescinds order on TikTok and WeChat, another Trump-era order revoked

The US Commerce Department on Monday rescinded a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat, issued in September last year, paving the way for the Chinese-owned apps to function without restrictions.

The Donald Trump administration had sought to impose severe restrictions on both the Chinese-owned apps.

The move to rescind the prohibited transactions comes after President Joe Biden withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders earlier this month. The Trump-era orders sought to ban new downloads of Tencent-owned WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review of security concerns posed by those apps and others.