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China to crack down on mobile instant messaging apps |
May 28, 2014
China is starting a month-long crack down on illegal content circulating through local instant messaging services.The latest crackdown, announced Tuesday, comes after a terrorist attack in China’s Xinjiang region killed 43 people. Police later arrested over 200 suspected militants, who had been chatting over local instant messaging services to organize their activities, according to the nation’s state-controlled press.Among the messaging services used were WeChat and QQ, two of the most popular in the nation and developed by local Internet giant Tencent.China is targeting rumors, terrorism, and porn-related information as part of the operation. Specifically, authorities want to regulate the way the mobile instant messaging apps can spread information to the public.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2202360/china-to-crack-down-on-mobile-instant-messaging-apps.html#tk.rss_all
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