WeChat collects user information? US media is criticized by the public: The Internet environment in the United States is truly worrying

According to relevant media reports, the Wall Street Journal recently published an article smearing China, spreading rumors about WeChat, which was developed by China, and claimed that it has now collected a lot of personal privacy information of people who use the software. In response to the smear of the Wall Street Journal, WeChat also responded to it on the 24th local time. In addition, Chinese experts strongly disagree with the US media's approach, saying that they are simply making trouble without reason.

It is understood that in the report of The Wall Street Journal, they analyzed WeChat and said that since it went online in 2011, it has a large number of users all over the world, and even in the United States, it involves a wide range of users.

The Wall Street Journal analyzed that WeChat and Wechat did not cause any waves in the United States before, but since the software introduced some convenient services, it has attracted the attention of many people.

The Wall Street Journal stated that although more and more people are using WeChat, it is also seeking benefits from it. As we all know, during this year's COVID-19 epidemic, WeChat launched a "health code system", which most communities and companies in China use as one of the main tools for tracking case contacts.

In addition, in China, it has also become an "essential pass" for taking public transportation, playing an important role in curbing the new coronavirus.

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Although the Wall Street Journal spoke highly of WeChat, they turned their attention to another aspect, saying that faced with such a large user base, WeChat would certainly not miss this "good opportunity", implying that when people use this function, WeChat has already collected all of their private information.

People have previously expressed concerns about the issue raised by the Wall Street Journal that the health code will leak personal privacy. However, in order to eliminate people's tension, officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Communist Party of China responded in March this year, saying that when people use the health code system, the background will analyze a lot of their personal data. However, people don't have to worry about personal privacy being leaked, because when developing the system, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has used very strict legal means to monitor it and strengthen control over related R&D departments to prevent people's privacy from being leaked and data from being abused.

On the 1st of this month, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a new plan to protect people from the leakage of their personal privacy when using the Internet. It stated that relevant departments will subsequently investigate the 38 types of common apps that are currently used by the public, and prohibit them from using other means to obtain people's "personal information."

Then, the Wall Street Journal also stated that WeChat is very "authoritarian" and they do not allow people to discuss topics related to Xinjiang at all. Once users talk about such topics, they may face the punishment of account blocking.

At present, most WeChat users have regarded it as an indispensable part of their lives. Once the account is blocked, it will be inconvenient to do many things, which is very troublesome.

In order to verify whether the view put forward by the Wall Street Journal is correct, some media also conducted an investigation. The Global Times stated that the former's view is not correct.

They said that WeChat had already notified them before people used the software, prohibiting people from posting false information while using the software. Once discovered, Tencent will directly deal with the account and has the right to provide any service to the violating account.

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The head of the relevant Chinese department also said in an interview with the media that WeChat has become an inseparable part of the Chinese people, which is a good thing. In order to allow the public to have a safe and comfortable online environment, the relevant departments will definitely strengthen strict supervision of software development.

The person in charge directly refuted the report of the Wall Street Journal, angrily claiming that the newspaper was using some ulterior motives to attack China and Chinese companies, which was completely intended to sow discord among China's internal relations, so the report was not true at all and distorted the facts.

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Previously, the Trump administration had banned the use of TikTok in the United States, saying that China had used it to obtain a lot of personal information of American citizens. Later, the Trump administration said that China had been stealing American data through various means and would deal with them one by one.

China plans to directly shatter the Trump administration's slander with facts. However, some US media reported last week that some people have reported that after Apple's App Store updated its software, a privacy anti-tracking function appeared, indicating that most software is already collecting users' personal data.

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In addition, some Americans also said that as an American, they are very disappointed with the Internet environment in the United States. The Trump administration has not done a good job in managing the Internet environment. There is often some untrue information spreading wildly on the Internet, especially after the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the United States, the false news has caused a lot of panic among the people.