US warns it could curb WeChat in Chinese app crackdown

The White House has threatened to make China's biggest smartphone app the latest front in its technology war with Beijing, warning of a crackdown on the text message service WeChat. Peter Navarro, Donald Trump's trade advisor, said that the US was planning "strong action" against WeChat, a so-called "super app" owned by the Chinese internet behemoth Tencent and used by more than a billion people worldwide. It comes days after the US raised the prospect of banning TikTok, the social media sensati