China tightens grip on instant messaging services

Published August 7, 2014 5:41pm ET



BEIJING (AP) — China’s government tightened control over popular instant messaging services Thursday after telling South Korea that access to some foreign services was blocked because they were used to exchange terrorism-related information.

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