Will using WeChat in Taiwan be monitored?

The WeChat software developed by the mainland company Tencent is also very popular in Taiwan. However, Taiwan's "national security" department is worried that WeChat may become a tool for the mainland to steal Taiwan's intelligence and calls on intelligence agencies and public officials to use it less.

Taiwan's security department calls on "less use of WeChat": everything is under the control of mainland surveillance

According to Taiwan's "China Times" report on the 12th, Taiwan's "national security" unit reported that Taiwan's WeChat user systems are connected to servers in mainland China and Hong Kong, and all text messages, messages, videos and photos are transferred through servers in mainland China, making them vulnerable to surveillance. , “It is better to use less of them in intelligence management units and civil servants.” Taiwan's "national security" unit also mentioned that Ma Huateng, chairman of the board of directors of Tencent, was elected as a representative of the 12th National People's Congress in March this year; and in accordance with the mainland's "Internet Management Measures", social and communication-related services must carry out content filtering, and "all content must be filtered." It is under the control of the Chinese side."

Tencent announced in November last year that WeChat would enter the Taiwan market, and immediately invited well-known celebrities Rainie Yang and Luo Zhixiang to endorse WeChat advertisements. According to local media, WeChat currently has 7 million users in Taiwan. Taiwan's "Tianxia" magazine recently expressed emotion that Tencent's WeChat, which advertises heavily, Taobao, whose turnover in Taiwan has quietly exceeded 10 billion, and Alipay will come to Taiwan next year... The Internet may be the first industry for the mainland to "unify" Taiwan.