We chat is a messaging service which is free to use and comes with a wide selection of functions that can be used in many different ways. It has become popular around the world thanks to it ease-of-use and it’s effective ways in which one can communicate with friends via a selection of different media options.
The application features different functions such as group chat, video and voice calls which are free and of a high-quality and real-time location features which tells your friends where you are. The application also has a good level of privacy and is secured against viruses or faults which may stop the program from working.
There is also the ability to meet new friends using a specialised radar and one can also check for friends that are nearby and can shake in order to meet other individuals.
In recent times wechat has entered the news in Hong Kong with the political protests that are now taking place. In order to try and control these protests the government has created censorship on the wechat application and this has stopped any communication between devices which involves certain words. Words such as “democracy” and “protest” which are combined with “Hong Kong” are immediately blocked and any images which are also connected to these words will not be sent.
This has come as an outrage to users of the program as their freedom of speech has been severely blocked by the authorities within Hong Kong. Anyone who has a Hong Kong phone number is part of this and will have to deal with censorship that has been placed on the messaging program. Wechat became extremely popular in recent times and has now got over 400 million users that are registered and carry out functions on the Wechat program on a daily basis. Now the program runs the risk of losing many of these users due to the censorship that is being placed onto the programme.