WeChat censors politically sensitive topics in China. User activity on WeChat is analyzed, tracked and shared with Chinese authorities upon request as part of the mass surveillance network in China. WeChat provides text messaging, hold-to-talk voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, video conferencing, video games, sharing of photographs and videos and location sharing. WeChat has been described as China's "app for everything" and a "super app" because of its wide range of functions. First released in 2011, it became the world's largest standalone mobile app in 2018, with over 1 billion monthly active users. 'micro-message') is a Chinese multi-purpose instant messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. WeChat ( Chinese: 微信 pinyin: Wēixìn ( listen) lit. Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, Turkish
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