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		What happens when you try to send politically sensitive messages on WeChat (qz.com)
		20 points by menzoic on Dec 29, 2018 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

mothsonasloth on Dec 29, 2018 [–]

Going by the screenshots, it looks like the censorship isn't that sophisticated.

Looks like it is just simple string matching, not even censoring based on the context of previous messages.

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