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China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling Communist Party is tightening ...
By the end of 2014, the number of WeChat official accounts had reached 8 million. [47] Official accounts of organizations can apply to be verified (cost 300 RMB or about US$45). Official accounts can be used as a platform for services such as hospital pre-registrations, [ 48 ] or credit card service. [ 49 ]
WeChat is a highly popular social media app in China. Many American families depend on WeChat as a means of communicating with family and friends in China. [3]On August 6, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, seeking to ban WeChat in the U.S. in 45 days, due to its connections with the Chinese-owned Tencent.
China’s social media platform WeChat shut down LGBT accounts Tuesday, The Associated Press reports. (MARTIN BUREAU/) The founder said that dozens of accounts were closed at about 10 p.m. local ...
An hour later, Li Wenliang announced in the WeChat group that "the latest news is that coronavirus infection has been confirmed and virus typing is in progress." [ 108 ] On 3 January 2020, he was warned and admonished by Zhongnan Road Street police station of Wuchang District. [ 109 ]
Any message sent through a WeChat group is monitored by the Chinese technology giant Tencent, the application's operator. All conversations are stored for six months. [63] Even conversations deleted by WeChat users can be retrieved back by Tencent, especially when government authorities seek evidence of a suspect's illegal activities. [64]
WeChat, the China-based social media platform owned by Tencent has been described by the BBC as a "powerful weapon of social control". [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]
A U.S. judge halted a Trump administration order to have the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat removed from app stores starting Sunday night.