We’re just beginning to understand the scope and consequences of Trump’s executive order banning WeChat. We still don’t know exactly how far it will extend, but right now we are very much headed to a world with a splinternet---where, in some countries, you can use Chinese tech to access Chinese apps, and in other countries you use Western tech and Western apps. This is not an outcome I’ve wanted, but here we are.

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