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Tequila
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15 Jan 2013, 9:51 pm

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China's Tencent denies WeChat app global censorship

Chinese web giant Tencent has denied claims that there is global censoring of its popular chat app WeChat.

It said a technical glitch had led to certain sensitive terms being blocked outside China.

Tech blogs Tech in Asia and The Next Web both reported receiving messages saying their chat entries contained "restricted words".

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15 Jan 2013, 9:52 pm

Tequila wrote:
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China's Tencent denies WeChat app global censorship

Chinese web giant Tencent has denied claims that there is global censoring of its popular chat app WeChat.

It said a technical glitch had led to certain sensitive terms being blocked outside China.

Tech blogs Tech in Asia and The Next Web both reported receiving messages saying their chat entries contained "restricted words".

Whoops! Naughty naughty.


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