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Tencent gets California privacy claims against WeChat sent to arbitration

By Mike Swift ( May 14, 2025, 23:14 GMT | Insight) -- Tencent America won a ruling today that a suit alleging privacy and rights violations through the sharing of personal data and posts of California users of its WeChat app with the Chinese government should be decided through individual arbitration rather than through a California state court. Judge Theodore Zayner rejected arguments by Citizen Power Initiatives for China that the arbitration clause in WeChat's terms of service couldn't be enforced because the group is seeking public injunctive relief.After four years of procedural battles, a group of Chinese speakers were blocked today from pursuing privacy and other claims against Tencent America’s WeChat app in a California court, with a judge ruling the dispute must be decided through arbitration....

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