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I think you're misreading the quote. What it suggests is you can absolutely ban WeChat for being connected the behavior you describe, but you need to bring evidence to show that connection.

It's not about politics, or national security, but following a logical, fact-based process.

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So the US government obviously has alot more info than me, and probably submitted direct evidence of the Chinese government controlling wechat and applying threats/ban/disappearance to the ovesea wechat users and their families in China.

And the judge looks at the fact that Chinese government, of which Pompeo just gave a speech on the future conflict between freedom and dictatorship, controls a crucial communication tool used by Chinese-born and American citizens in US and said the threat was....'modest'.

> probably submitted direct evidence of the Chinese government controlling wechat and applying threats/ban/disappearance to the ovesea wechat users and their families in China

Yeah right. "Probably" didn't work out so well for Iraq, did it?

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