WeChat is the most used social media app among Chinese-speaking people in part because China blocks other apps, such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo: Shutterstock WeChat is the most used social media app among Chinese-speaking people in part because China blocks other apps, such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo: Shutterstock
WeChat is the most used social media app among Chinese-speaking people in part because China blocks other apps, such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo: Shutterstock
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California WeChat users sue Tencent over fear of Chinese censors

  • Some WeChat users say that their accounts have been frozen after making comments that can be perceived as critical of the Chinese government
  • This has caused them to be cut of from friends and relatives in China as well as their business clients in the US, according to the complaint

Topic |   WeChat
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Updated: 9:50am, 12 Jan, 2021

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WeChat is the most used social media app among Chinese-speaking people in part because China blocks other apps, such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo: Shutterstock WeChat is the most used social media app among Chinese-speaking people in part because China blocks other apps, such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo: Shutterstock
WeChat is the most used social media app among Chinese-speaking people in part because China blocks other apps, such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo: Shutterstock
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