Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RALEIGH — On Monday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that he is leading a bipartisan, multistate coalition ...

--FILE--The icon of mobile messaging app Weixin, or WeChat, of Tencent, center, is seen on the screen of an Apple iPhone smartphone in Shanghai, China, 5 April 2013. The government will not interfere ...

WeChat is different. By design, it does not use end-to-end encryption to protect user data. That is because the Chinese government exercises strict control over the app and relies on its weak security ...

WeChat is best known as China's all-purpose "super-app." It is used for everything from messaging and mobile payments to shopping and government services. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The news alert buzzed on my cellphone in Beijing. Facebook had bought messaging service WhatsApp for a gazillion dollars. Personally, I didn’t care. Because Chinese government censors have blocked so ...

Russian counterintelligence agents are analyzing data from the popular Chinese messaging and social media app WeChat to monitor people who might be in contact with Chinese spies, according to a ...

Canada has banned the use of Kaspersky security products and Tencent's WeChat app on mobile devices used by government employees, citing network and national security concerns. This ban comes as ...

WeChat has banned 209 accounts accused of using AI to impersonate well-known individuals for improper marketing purposes, the company announced Thursday through its content moderation platform WeChat ...