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 Hopkins University, who advises organizations such as the World Bank, United Nations, U.S. State Department, and the OECD, told an Australian parliamentary inquiry into foreign interference from social media that he believed WeChat was more of a risk than TikTok.
“Everything that we fear about what TikTok may become already is occurring on WeChat,” Kaplan said. …