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Your Call May Be Monitored: China-Like Surveillance Comes to the US

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Your Call May Be Monitored: China-Like Surveillance Comes to the US
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, on Aug. 7, 2020. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo
John Mac Ghlionn
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In China, WeChat has become an indispensable tool for 1.2 billion of the country’s 1.4 billion people. Need to transfer money? Use WeChat. Need to book a doctor’s appointment? Use WeChat. Need to order a taxi? Use WeChat. Need to message a friend? Use WeChat. The “super-app,” as you can see, is used for everything imaginable.
John Mac Ghlionn
John Mac Ghlionn
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John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.
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