WeChat victim of scoundrelism: China Daily editorial

The messenger app WeChat is seen among US flags in this illustration picture taken Aug 7, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] After days of hearings, a US judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the proposed ban on WeChat downloads, hours before it was due to take effect, granting a “motion for a nationwide injunction against the implementation” due to concerns over free speech. The plaintiffs argued that WeChat is irreplaceable for its users in the United States, particularly those in the Chinese-speaking and Chinese-American community. The US Commerce Department had issued the Identification of Prohibited Transactions on Friday, which would have resulted in US…