Justice Department asks judge to allow US to prohibit WeChat from US apps

Justice Department asks judge to allow US to prohibit WeChat from US apps

REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibek

The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday to allow the government to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering WeChat for download in U.S. app stores pending an appeal.

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