Apps, mostly linked to China, accused of sending data outside of India and undermining its sovereignty. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Citizen Lab says non-China registered accounts used to beef up WeChat censorship
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•The research group has found non-China registered accounts are subject to the same content surveillance as China-registered accounts and are used to build up the database WeChat for censorship. …read more Source:: Open Source S
WeChat Pay follows Alipay in allowing foreign visitors to make payments in China
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•It has partnered up with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Global Network, and JCB to allow foreign visitors to link their credit cards to WeChat Pay. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Tencent’s messaging app WeChat now available for cars
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•Drivers will be able to operate the in-car app through voice commands or steering wheel buttons to check unread messages, send new messages, as well as make WeChat calls. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Citizen Lab: WeChat’s real-time censorship system uses hash indexes to filter content
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•The filtering systems also censor content that are not critical of the Chinese government. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Queensland targets Chinese tourists with WeChat ‘CityExperience’
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•The state government hopes its new ‘mini program’ within WeChat will encourage more visitors from China. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Over 800 million WeChat users sent digital monetary gifts during Lunar New Year
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•The record number came after the Chinese technology giant announced last month that daily active users of its popular WeChat service exceeded 1 billion. …read more Source:: Open Source S
WeChat red packet senders total 768m over Chinese New Year
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•WeChat, the most popular messaging app in China, has become an inextricable tool for Chinese people when celebrating the country’s traditional new year festival. …read more Source:: Open Source S