Chevron tells staff to delete WeChat off phones following Trump ban - Business Insider

Chevron Corporation has told its employees around the world to delete Tencent’s WeChat app from their work phones, describing it as a “non-compliant application” in a staff email seen byAny staff that don't delete the Chinese social media and chat app will have their access to Chevron's internal system revoked, it said.

The American oil giant is one of the first companies in the US to take the Trump administration’s ban of the social media and chat app on board. A federal judge blocked the US government from banning WeChat app downloads from Sunday, September 20. The US Commerce Department said it will challenge the order, and that the app poses a national security risk.US oil company Chevron has ordered staff worldwide to delete WeChat off their work phones, despite President Donald Trump's ban on the app being blocked by a federal court.

Chevron described WeChat, owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent, as a "non-compliant application." Staff would be disconnected from the firm's internal network unless they remove the social-media-and-chat app from their devices, according to a"Due to a recent Executive Order banning the use of WeChat, Chevron is requiring that you remove the application from your mobile device," the memo said.

If it's tech made in China...get rid of it!!

Well I guess WeChat is not even intended for outside China, albeit useful. Don't forget China is big enough for its own products.

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