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WeChat indispensable to California arbitration privacy claims, plaintiffs say

By Mike Swift ( March 14, 2025, 23:27 GMT | Comment) -- In a dispute that echoes the US Supreme Court’s recent scrutiny of TikTok’s privacy threats, a long-running suit against Tencent’s WeChat is approaching a crucial juncture in a California court, with a group of US users of the WeChat "super app" saying the app enables illegal surveillance of Californians.Whether WeChat presents similar privacy threats to US users as Congress and the Supreme Court said TikTok does is at the heart of litigation against Tencent’s “super app,” a case that is approaching a key juncture in a California court....

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