美国商务部宣布TikTok和微信在美国境内下架时间

来源：环球时报、美国商务部网站

9月18日，美国商务部在其官网发布消息称，针对特朗普总统于2020年8月6日签署的行政命令，美国商务部今天宣布禁止与移动应用程序(app)WeChat和TikTok有关的交易，以维护美国的国家安全。

美国商务部表示，截至2020年9月20日，将禁止以下交易：

通过美国的在线移动应用程序商店发布或维护WeChat或TikTok移动应用程序、其组成代码或应用程序更新的任何服务；

通过WeChat移动应用程序提供的任何用于在美国境内转账或处理付款的服务。

美国商务部称，对于WeChat，截至2020年9月20日；对于TikTok，截至2020年11月12日。以下交易将被禁止:

在美国境内提供任何互联网托管服务，以支持移动应用程序的功能或优化；

在美国境内提供任何内容分发网络服务，以支持移动应用程序的运行或优化；

在美国境内直接承包或分包的互联网传输或交换服务，以实现移动应用程序的功能或优化;

在美国境内开发或可访问的软件或服务的功能中，使用上述移动应用程序的组成代码、功能或服务。

美国商务部称，如果美国政府判定WeChat或TikTok的被禁行为被其他应用程序以某种方式复制，超出了这些行政命令的范围，美国总统有权考虑是否需要额外的命令来解决此种活动。

美国商务部称，美国总统特朗普分别签署了《13942号行政令》和《13943号行政令》，以在美国境内限制TikTok和WeChat移动应用程序。

Commerce Department Prohibits WeChat and TikTok Transactions to Protect the National Security of the United States

Wilbur Ross

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Friday, September 18, 2020

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 In response to President Trump’s Executive Orders signed August 6, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) today announced prohibitions on transactions relating to mobile applications (apps) WeChat and TikTok to safeguard the national security of the United States. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the U.S. Today’s announced prohibitions, when combined, protect users in the U.S. by eliminating access to these applications and significantly reducing their functionality. 

“Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party,” said U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. “At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of U.S. laws and regulations.”

While the threats posed by WeChat and TikTok are not identical, they are similar. Each collects vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories. Each is an active participant in China’s civil-military fusion and is subject to mandatory cooperation with the intelligence services of the CCP.  This combination results in the use of WeChat and TikTok creating unacceptable risks to our national security.

As of September 20, 2020, the following transactions are prohibited:

Any provision of service to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application updates through an online mobile application store in the U.S.;

Any provision of services through the WeChat mobile application for the purpose of transferring funds or processing payments within the U.S.

As of September 20, 2020, for WeChat and as of November 12, 2020, for TikTok, the following transactions are prohibited:

Any provision of internet hosting services enabling the functioning or optimization of the mobile application in the U.S.;

Any provision of content delivery network services enabling the functioning or optimization of the mobile application in the U.S.;

Any provision directly contracted or arranged internet transit or peering services enabling the function or optimization of the mobile application within the U.S.;

Any utilization of the mobile application’s constituent code, functions, or services in the functioning of software or services developed and/or accessible within the U.S.

Any other prohibitive transaction relating to WeChat or TikTok may be identified at a future date. Should the U.S. Government determine that WeChat’s or TikTok’s illicit behavior is being replicated by another app somehow outside the scope of these executive orders, the President has the authority to consider whether additional orders may be appropriate to address such activities. The President has provided until November 12 for the national security concerns posed by TikTok to be resolved. If they are, the prohibitions in this order may be lifted.

The notices for these actions will be posted on the Federal Register at approximately 8:45AM EDT on Friday, September 18, 2020.

Background:

On August 6, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Orders (E.O.) 13942, Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and E.O. 13943, Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat. In the E.O.s, the President determined that the apps capture vast swaths of information from U.S. users, leaving the data vulnerable to CCP access for nefarious purposes. Commerce, at the Direction of the President, was required to identify transactions within 45 days to protect national security and the private data of millions of people across the country. Today’s announced prohibitions fulfill the President’s direction and mitigate national security risks.

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Wilbur Ross

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