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Big Brother is here, but his name is not Facebook. It's WeChat. https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000004574648/china-internet-wechat.html https://www

Big Brother is here, but his name is not Facebook. It's WeChat. https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000004574648/china-internet-wechat.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000004574648/chi... WeChat has the tracking capability that Facebook could only dream of, and it does not even hide it.

giancarlostoro 9y ago
https://chinachannel.co/who-really-owns-wechat-wechat-essential-tips/ https://chinachannel.co/who-really-owns-wechat-wechat-essent... The company that owns WeChat also owns QQ which is much more popular it seems.
- yeukhon 9y ago
  QQ has been around for so long, it isn't going to fade away. But WeChat is the de facto messenger among the many Chinese-speaking users, especially those living in oversea. Obviously not everyone who can speak Chinese use Wechat. In HK, WhatsApp is probably the most popular messenger.
SN76477 9y ago
Tencent is too powerful already.