North Carolina AG Says Chinese App WeChat Has Become ‘Digital Hub for Fentanyl Trafficking’

A bipartisan group of six state attorneys general sent a letter to WeChat earlier this month demanding answers.
North Carolina AG Says Chinese App WeChat Has Become ‘Digital Hub for Fentanyl Trafficking’
WeChat app is displayed in the App Store on an Apple iPhone in Washington on Aug. 7, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson released an Instagram video on May 27, criticizing the Chinese social media and messaging app WeChat for fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States.

The video was a follow-up to a letter that Jackson and five other state attorneys general sent to WeChat US, Inc. earlier this month, demanding accountability from the company over concerns that fentanyl traffickers had been using the platform for money laundering.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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