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The other Chinese app banned by government departments

While the West’s national security apparatus sounds the alarm about TikTok over its connections to the Chinese government, another social media app has been digesting yet another not-so-loud Australian government crackdown.

Owned by Chinese technology titan Tencent, WeChat is believed to have about 1 million users in Australia, highly concentrated among this nation’s Chinese diaspora.

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Max Mason covers financial crime, courts and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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