Sat, Dec 17, 2022
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps, including TikTok and WeChat, on state government devices and wireless networks on Friday, calling them a threat to national security.
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Fri, Aug 07, 2020
TikTok also reportedly censors content that the Chinese Communist Party deems politically sensitive, such as content concerning protests in Hong Kong and China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. TikTok may also be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party, the president said.
Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Chinese multinational Tencent-owned WeChat is soon launching a UPI application for payments.
Tue, Jan 29, 2019
Debtors’ information is available to check through the app and people are encouraged to whistle-blow if they believe that the person is in a position to pay back, but is refusing to do so.
Tue, Mar 06, 2018
The all-in-one app, known as Weixin in China, is a daily necessity for most Chinese, bringing together messaging, social media, mobile payment, games, news and other services
Sun, Jan 28, 2018
The campaign is intended not just to stamp out dissent but to ensure that all media serves the direction of socialism
Thu, Jun 22, 2017
"We`ve been tracking the growth of WhatsApp for some time but its use for news has jumped significantly in the last year to 15%, with considerable country-based variation," said the authors of the Digital News Report 2017.
China`s Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com Inc have invested heavily in offline retail - bricks-and-mortar stores - in recent years to complement their online offerings.
Tue, Jun 13, 2017
WhatsApp with its integration with UPI and Amazon Pay could become the biggest contendors for Paytm in the digital payment space in India.
Sat, May 06, 2017
Russia's regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked China's social media app WeChat developed by Tencent Holdings.
Tue, Aug 16, 2016
Hike competes with global messaging giants such as Facebook's WhatsApp and China-based WeChat. In comparison to these two messaging apps, Hike's valuation is several times lower.
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