Surprise! WeChat is censoring messages about coronavirus in China

As the Chinese government responds to the coronavirus epidemic, it’s also worked to control what information on the virus is available. Since the beginning of January, WeChat — China’s most popular messaging platform — has been censoring keywords relating to the recent coronavirus outbreak . This is according to Citizen Lab, a research group based in Toronto, who scripted group chat conversations and sent them to three test WeChat accounts — two based in Canada, and the other in China. The scripted messages included news headlines and articles about the virus. Researchers found in January, 132 keyword combinations were censored,…

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