On the Chinese platform WeChat, entire news organisations set up their own platforms known as WeChat Official Accounts. AFP PHOTO
On the Chinese platform WeChat, entire news organisations set up their own platforms known as WeChat Official Accounts. AFP PHOTO

BEIJING: Human rights activists and some academics in China have had their WeChat messaging app accounts restricted in recent weeks, multiple people affected have told Agence France-Presse, as Beijing cracks down on dissent before the Winter Olympics.

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