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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Australian leader's WeChat account reportedly taken over
By ROD McGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Excited for the far-right posters here to be like "he's conservative, good! But he's in the Liberal Party, bad. But he hates immigrants, good! But he is on a Chinese website, bad. Good. Bad. Goobad. Gdodobgodbgogbdb" and watch their heads explode.
gogogo
Was it hacked or officially taken over by the company? The article is not clear.
ulysses
Anyone thinking of using WeChat should learn from this, it is controlled and monitored by the Chinese government.
Anyone still using it, remove it right now!
Eastman
well who really cares?
Tora
Common knowledge. The question is why was an Australian politician even using it? I'm frankly very surprised.
prionking
The mind does boggle. Then again it was Scott Morrison, a man of dubious judgment.
Rob Nads
Because the Chinese in Australia make up a decent proportion of the voting population.
Fighto!
Use Chinese social media? Dont complain when you are "hacked".
Fool.
Pukey2
Gambare Nippon:
As opposed to what? Whatsapp? I've lost count the number of times I get strangers' texts on my Whatsapp account, and the number of texts from some of my friends and relatives - they didn't send them - their accounts were hacked and most probably sending viruses. I have never experienced that with Wechat.
Pukey2
So let me get this right. ScoMo has been on this non-stop anti-China propaganda machine, and he wants the vote of the Chinese diaspora? Even after all the verbal and physical abuse directed towards ethnic Chinese these past few years? Dream on.
Rob Nads
It all means nothing. If they own property, they will vote ScoMo, as they know he will do everything possible to keep the bubble afloat.
Numan
Any Chinese made product or software has the potential to be taken over or hacked by the Chinese government!
And idiots keep using TikTok and the like. There is a reason the US government eventually stopped using Kaspersky and has been arresting and convicting a lot more Chinese students, researchers, and professors. They all have the potential to be compromised through blackmail or greed.
Numan
Let's not forget China is paying foreign social media influencers on TikTok and other platforms to promote the country in positive light ahead of the Olympics to counteract the bad press from the boycotts of China.
Let's also not forget that anyone that do not or says something bad about China during this time risks their accounts being closed; thus, their streams of income and livelihood.
Mocheake
You chat WeHack.
Pukey2
You're living on another planet if you think other countries (in particular USA and Israel) don't do this.