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China’s WeChat Monitors Overseas Users to Bolster Censorship at Home, Report Says

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China’s WeChat Monitors Overseas Users to Bolster Censorship at Home, Report Says
Icons of WeChat and Weibo apps are seen on a smartphone on Dec. 5, 2013. Petar Kujundzic/Reuters
Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
5/9/2020|Updated: 6/3/2021
International users of Chinese messaging app WeChat could be helping the platform tighten its censorship system for users inside China, according to the latest report by digital watchdog Citizen Lab.

The app, with over 1 billion monthly active users worldwide, is known to censor its users in China to ensure content falls within topics deemed acceptable by the Chinese Communist Party.

Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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