Social media platform WeChat, owned by Tencent Holdings, has closed Bloomberg’s “Daybreak” account, as China’s government tightens its censorship of financial news, the South China Morning Post reported.
In a statement on the “Daybreak” account page, WeChat said it had received “complaints” that the user had breached Chinese rules on online public accounts. The account had been used to share regular updates on international markets since January 2021, but the group’s other accounts remained operational, it reported.
Read the full report: South China Morning Post.
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