Senator Urges Additional Ban on Chinese-Owned Mobile App Over Security Threats

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) questions witnesses during a hearing about Venezuela in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Aug. 04, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is urging the U.S. administration to extend a transaction ban to WeChat’s sister app, QQ, in a bid to counter “hazards posed by high-risk Chinese telecommunications hardware and software.”

Like WeChat, the instant messaging app QQ is developed by Chinese tech giant Tencent.