Shocking disparities between Australia and China's military power shows we would struggle in a war
He said the move was a direct attempt to target Chinese Australians and 'enforce censorship well beyond its borders and interfere in our democracy'.Īnthony Albanese, who also uses the platform to communicate with Chinese Australians, recently posted a story accusing Mr Morrison of spreading 'lies' about rapid antigen tests, among other issues - with no such interference on his page. 'We cannot allow a foreign authoritarian government to interfere in our democracy and set the terms of public debate in Australia.' '(The CCP are) targeting our Prime Minister by seeking to shut down his ability to communicate with the Chinese Australians by banning him from the most widely used channel of communication in that community,' he said. Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security chairman Senator James Paterson is asking all Australian politicians to boycott the platform in response. Intelligence agencies are taking the latest attempt by China to inflame tensions with Australia extremely seriously, with one expert saying it is 'anti-democratic' (pictured: Chinese president Xi Jinping) WeChat, which is owned by tech firm Tencent, is regularly monitored and censored by the Chinese Communist Party.
The account has since saw the Australian leaders' picture deleted and become a profile to 'provide life information for overseas Chinese in Australia', according to a translation. The most recent communication was an email sent by Mr Morrison's team on January 10, which also fell upon deaf ears. Mr Morrison's page was renamed earlier this month, but his team have been locked out of the account dating back to July last year, according to The Daily Telegraph.ĭue to limits on users operating outside of China, the PM employed a locally-based operations unit to post information for Chinese Australians on the platform.Īfter discovering they were unable to log in the team made several approaches to WeChat about regaining access, all which went unanswered. Scott Morrison (pictured with his wife Jenny) has been victim of a Chinese cyber hack, with his WeChat page now spouting propaganda
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