[The Daily Orange]: Federal ban on WeChat app creates obstacles for SU international students

The Trump administration signed an executive order Aug. 6 imposing a partial ban on WeChat, a multipurpose app that functions like a combination of Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and PayPal. In justifying its decision, the White House claimed that WeChat automatically retrieves users’ data and allows “the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information.”

Chinese international students face more obstacles and uncertainties due to the so far unclear restrictions established by the Trump administration on WeChat. Read the original new story here at The Daily Orange.

Illustration by Sarah Allam, The D.O.