WeChat Subjects International Users to Surveillance to Aid Censorship

WeChat, the Chinese do-everything app with more than one billion users world-wide, is subjecting its international users to surveillance to bolster the censorship machinery it employs to control users inside China, according to a new report. A mainstay of everyday life in China, WeChat is one of the country’s most popular apps, enabling people to chat with friends, order food delivery, exchange money, hail a car and even pay electricity bills.