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The Cyberspace Administration of China has ordered WeChat, Liaotianbao, Duoshan, and Matong to follow legal procedures when adding new functions or publishing new applications.

WeChat exposed partial ID information of 17 accounts to showcase different types of fraudsters, offering cheating information on micro-loans, friends making, stocks and part-time jobs.

On Saturday, Tencent’s WeChat said it “cleaned up” its social media platform, punishing a slew of apps that the company says failed to obey its code of conduct. Links to ByteDance

Short-video app Douyin, which is known outside of China as Tik Tok, found that one gateway it relied on for onboarding new users – via WeChat – had been shut down on Tuesday. Douyin/Tik To

Allan Zhang mentioned that the current problem with most Internet companies is the obsession of user acquisition through devious schemes.

WeChat is cementing its position as China’s biggest ‘super app’ by offering its users access to more and more services.

In a move to spur Chinese outbound tourists’ spending in Singapore, Changi Airport will be deploying WeChat Pay across most of its merchants by end-2018.

Mini-apps users have jumped more than half just in six months this year, with third-party developers for the platform increasing by a third.