Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s official WeChat account has been hijacked and rebranded as a lifestyle page—leading one senator to accuse the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of “foreign interference” during an election year. According to the Daily Telegraph, the agency running the prime minister’s WeChat account reported problems with posting content on the channel in mid-2021, when Morrison was attending G7 meetings in the United Kingdom. Morrison had around 76,000 WeChat followers, but earlier this month significant changes were made to the account without knowledge of the prime minister’s team. Morrison’s photo was swapped, and the channel name changed from “Scott Morrison” to “Australian Chinese New Lifestyle.” This has been the most substantial act of interference with the prime minister’s WeChat account, following an incident in December where the Chinese social media giant deleted a comment from Morrison. Liberal Senator James Paterson, chair of the parliamentary intelligence and security committee, …
MP Alleges Beijing Hijacked Australian PM’s WeChat Account
January 23, 2022
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