Tencent says will allow WeChat users to access rivals' links


WeChat app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken July 13 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

WeChat app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings said its popular WeChat messaging app will start allowing users to access external links from Friday, days after regulators told the company and its rivals to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other's links.

The company said it had revised WeChat's content management rules in a statement.

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