China renews crackdown on Tencent's messaging app WeChat

  • TECH

  • Wednesday, 28 May 2014

BEIJING: China will begin a month-long crackdown on Tencent Holdings Ltd's popular WeChat messaging application, state media reported on Tuesday, the latest in a series of curbs on online freedom of expression. 

WeChat, whose Chinese name means "micromessage", has quickly become a news source for savvy mobile users in China, where most traditional news sources are heavily censored. 

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