WeChat has only hours left to respond to an Australian government inquiry after it refused to front a parliamentary inquiry earlier this month. Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, Senator James Paterson, said that he has sent WeChat detailed series of questions after it failed to appear to give…
WeChat Only Has a Few Hours Left to Respond to a Parliamentary Inquiry
July 20, 2023
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WeChat Warned It Could Be Banned After Refusing to Appear at Government Inquiry
July 12, 2023
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WeChat is facing a potential ban in Australia after the company refused to appear before a federal government inquiry into foreign interference. The chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, Sen. James Paterson, said in a press conference on July 11 that the refusal showed how little regard WeChat and its parent company…
WeChat Warned It Could Be Banned After Refusing to Appear at Australian Govt Inquiry
July 12, 2023
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WeChat is facing a potential ban in Australia after the company refused to appear before a federal government inquiry into foreign interference. The chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, Sen. James Paterson, said at a press conference on July 11 that the refusal showed how little regard WeChat and its parent company…
Why Elon Musk’s ‘Everything App’ Should Worry Us All
Commentary When it comes to the creation of powerful platforms, China is best known for TikTok, a highly problematic app that stands accused of being a Trojan horse for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But WeChat is China’s most sophisticated creation, by far. In many ways, WeChat is a super-app. With over 1 billion users,…
The CCP Is Constructing a New World Media Order (Part 3 of 3)
May 30, 2023
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In the United States, it is hard to find Chinese-language media that are not influenced or controlled by the CCP. The growth of the CCP’s media network has been facilitated to a great extent by the widespread use of China’s WeChat messaging service within America’s Chinese language communities. Collectively, through controlling WeChat accounts, the CCP…
The CCP Is Constructing a New World Media Order (Part 2 of 3)
May 29, 2023
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Over the past decade, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using multiple media channels to influence and manipulate Chinese communities in America. The CCP has expanded its communication channels with streaming television over the internet, and social media and messaging with WeChat. CCP leader Xi Jinping has spoken about China’s media convergence strategies on…
Canadian Public Pension Fund Investments in China Draw Heightened Scrutiny
Investments in China by Canada’s largest public pension funds are facing increased scrutiny amid worsening relations between the two countries and allegations that some of those investments are funding the oppression of China’s Uyghur minority. Recently, representatives of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, which manages the pensions of…
Musk Warns There’s a Chance AI ‘Goes Wrong and Destroys Humanity’
May 17, 2023
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued yet another warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)—namely, that it could destroy humanity. In a May 16 interview with CNBC anchor David Faber, the tech tycoon noted that the future of AI could go one of two ways. “There’s a strong probability that it will make…
WeChat Derailing Democracy, Must Be Regulated in Democratic Nations: Expert
April 28, 2023
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An expert has warned that countries around the world should regulate WeChat because it is actively seeking to undermine political systems and civil societies. WeChat, which is alternatively known as Weixin, is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by the Chinese company Tencent. Seth Kaplan, Ph.D., a professorial lecturer at Johns…
Elon Musk Turning Twitter Into Totalitarian Social Credit App?
Commentary Like WeChat in China, Musk seeks to merge Twitter’s social media app, banking, payments, and many more activities into a single source of information—and monitoring. Twitter, as we know it, anyway, has ceased to exist. According to a filing in California federal court on April 4, Twitter Inc. is no longer a company. It’s…
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