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The Chinese-owned social media app now has until Nov. 27 for a deal that would give American companies more ownership of the service.

The app, which unites families but also spreads Chinese propaganda, faces a ban in the United States.

The order is a setback in the president’s efforts to block a Chinese social media app that he has labeled a national security threat. The ban had been set to go into effect on Sunday night.

Beijing issued rules that could allow it to halt exports, imports and investments by businesses accused of endangering national security.

When downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging service are barred in the U.S. starting at midnight on Sunday, the feud between the countries will hit home for millions of people.

The Commerce Department announced that it was prohibiting downloads of WeChat and TikTok in U.S. app stores. Here’s what you need to know.

The Trump administration issued new rules Friday morning that will cripple the operation of two popular Chinese-owned apps in the United States.

The president’s restrictions on Chinese tech may be part of an eye-for-an-eye logic called reciprocity. The price could be a global patchwork of online fiefs.

The restrictions on the two Chinese-owned apps followed a familiar model for other policy announcements on China from the Trump administration.

The all-purpose app, which the administration is restricting along with TikTok, is how many Chinese living abroad stay in touch with one another, and with people back home.

The government cited national security concerns in announcing sweeping restrictions on two popular Chinese social media networks, a move that is likely to be met with retaliation.

China arrested five former employees who had discussed the tech giant’s Iranian sales in a chat group, raising questions about its government ties.

A new system uses software to dictate quarantines — and appears to send personal data to police, in a troubling precedent for automated social control.