--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 ...

An investment advisor previously associated with LPL has agreed to be sanctioned by Finra over his use of an unapproved messaging platform to conduct business communications. In a letter of acceptance ...

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 ...

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 ...