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  2. List of websites blocked in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country (except Autonomous area).

  3. Internet censorship in China - Wikipedia

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    WeChat is the dominant social media and messaging app in China, and is also the most popular messaging application for most Chinese nationals staying overseas. Though subject to state rules which saw individual posts removed, [133] [134] Tech in Asia reported in 2013 that certain "restricted words" had been blocked on WeChat globally. [135]

  4. Chinese censorship abroad - Wikipedia

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    [185] [186] WeChat is known to have censoring messages concerning the coronavirus. [187] A report by the Citizen Lab found that Tencent also uses the platform for the surveillance of foreign nationals. [185] In December 2020, WeChat blocked a post by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a diplomatic spat between Australia and China ...

  5. How the U.S. could block WeChat and TikTok from Americans - AOL

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    President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the short-video app TikTok and messaging service WeChat by late September on grounds that the Chinese-owned apps pose a national security threat. It ...

  6. Trump to block U.S. downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday ...

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    WeChat is an all-in-one mobile app that combines services similar to Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Venmo. The app is an essential part of daily life for many in China and boasts more than 1 ...

  7. Regional lockout - Wikipedia

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    A regional lockout (or region coding) is a class of digital rights management preventing the use of a certain product or service, such as multimedia or a hardware device, outside a certain region or territory.

  8. Australian lawmakers recommend potential WeChat ban on govt ...

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    SYDNEY (Reuters) - A senate committee investigating how foreign powers use social media to interfere in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms ...

  9. WeChat - Wikipedia

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    Thus, without the app on a supported phone, it is not possible to use the web-based WeChat clients on the computer. The company also provides WeChat for Web, a web-based client with messaging and file transfer capabilities. Other functions cannot be used on it, such as the detection of nearby people, or interacting with Moments or Official ...