WeChat's 'Youth Mode' Doesn't Comply with Chinese Laws, Lawsuit Says

Beijing prosecutors initiated a civil public-interest lawsuit against a Tencent subsidiary, saying the "youth mode" on the company's popular social messaging app WeChat does not comply with laws protecting minors. The lawsuit was initiated by Beijing’s Haidian District People’s Procuratorate against Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co Ltd, according to a filing posted on JCRB.com, a website run by China’s top prosecutor.