Many people rely on WeChat as the only way of keeping in touch with family and friends in China, where apps like Facebook and Gmail are banned.

WeChat — one of the apps President Donald Trump believes could be a national security risk — is no longer being used as a tourism guide for Chinese visitors arriving at McCarran International Airport.

The Trump administration’s executive order to curb the use of the mobile app WeChat, which will be banned from app stores beginning Sunday, has become a flashpoint in the deepening standoff between ...

WeChat is the most widely used communication and social media platform in China. It has roughly 1 billion active users who typically spend over an hour per day using the app. Need to send a message, ...

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BERKELEY (CBS SF / CNN) -- University of California students and faculty have been warned not to use messaging apps and social media while visiting China, for fear their communications could be used ...