US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days

Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by kgersen on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:00AM (#24081869)

But seen from Europe, your 'western world' = mainly USA ...

which "existing western chat and social media" aren't from the US ?

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by cwhiz on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:16AM (#24082066)

Telegram and Kik, to name a couple off the top of my head.

There is far more to this than just social media and chat.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by bjo590 on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:11AM (#24082015)

kik is from Canada, but I couldn't find a European example I would consider popular.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by rrrazdan on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:37AM (#24083029)

Telegram. Now taking off in India as well.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by coffeemug on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:20AM (#24082123)

Viber

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by bjo590 on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:28AM (#24082231)

Isn't Viber a Japanese company owned by Rakuten?

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