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WeChat censoring Coronavirus keywords

Nabanita Dutta

News Editor
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Popular Chinese messaging app WeChat has been censoring Coronavirus related keywords since the beginning of January, according to the latest analysis. A research group has scripted group chat conversations and sent them to test-WeChat accounts in Canada and China. That conversation had articles and headings. It has been found that 516 keywords have been censored on WeChat and users have missed information via their service.