Category:WeChat

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WeChat
Owner Tencent Holdings Limited
Website www.wechat.com (International)
weixin.qq.com (China)

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and became one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps in 2018,[1][2] with over 1 billion monthly active users.[3][4][5] WeChat has been described as China's "app for everything" and a "super app" because of its wide range of functions.[6][7][8] Due to its popularity, user activity on WeChat is used for mass surveillance in China.[9][10][11] WeChat also censors politically sensitive topics in China.[12][13][14][15]

See also

  • WeChat article from Wikipedia

Notes

  1. ↑ It's time for messaging apps to quit the bullshit numbers and tell us how many users are active. techinasia.com. January 23, 2014. Steven Millward.
  2. ↑ "WeChat's world". WeChat's world. 2016-08-16. ISSN 0013-0613. https://www.economist.com/news/business/21703428-chinas-wechat-shows-way-social-medias-future-wechats-world. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. ↑ "WeChat now has over 1 billion active monthly users worldwide · TechNode". TechNode. 5 March 2018. https://technode.com/2018/03/05/wechat-1-billion-users/.
  4. ↑ "Tencent’s Profit Is Better Than Expected". Bloomberg.com. 15 November 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-15/tencent-s-profit-beats-as-ad-sales-growth-complements-gaming.
  5. ↑ "WeChat users pass 900 million as app becomes integral part of Chinese lifestyle" (in en). The Drum. http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/11/15/wechat-users-pass-900-million-app-becomes-integral-part-chinese-lifestyle.
  6. ↑ "Huge Rounds, Heated Competition: How Tencent & Alibaba Are Defining VC In China - Crunchbase News". Crunchbase News. https://news.crunchbase.com/news/huge-rounds-heated-competition-tencent-alibaba-defining-vc-china/.
  7. ↑ "WeChat touts success of 580,000 'mini-programs' now in use". CGTN America. 16 January 2018. https://america.cgtn.com/2018/01/15/wechat-mini-programs-open-class-pro-2018.
  8. ↑ "How WeChat Became China’s App For Everything". Fast Company. 2 January 2017. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065255/china-wechat-tencent-red-envelopes-and-social-money.
  9. ↑ Cockerell, Isobel (9 May 2019). "Inside China's Massive Surveillance Operation". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/inside-chinas-massive-surveillance-operation/. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  10. ↑ Dou, Eva (Dec 8, 2017). "Jailed for a Text: China's Censors Are Spying on Mobile Chat Groups". https://www.wsj.com/articles/jailed-for-a-text-chinas-censors-are-spying-on-mobile-chat-groups-1512665007. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  11. ↑ McDonell, Stephen (7 June 2019). "WeChat and the Surveillance State". https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-48552907. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  12. ↑ "China: World Leader of Internet Censorship". June 3, 2011. https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/03/china-world-leader-internet-censorship.
  13. ↑ Sonnad, Nikki (April 17, 2017). "What happens when you try to send politically sensitive messages on WeChat". https://qz.com/960948/what-happens-when-you-try-to-send-politically-sensitive-messages-on-wechat/.
  14. ↑ Millward, Steven (January 10, 2013). "Now China's WeChat App is Censoring Its Users Globally". https://www.techinasia.com/china-wechat-censoring-users-globally. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  15. ↑ Muncaster, Phil (January 11, 2013). "China censors chat users outside China". https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/11/china_censors_beyond_borders/. Retrieved December 12, 2017.

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