Links to donations for so-called religious purposes will be banned on WeChat, a Chinese social media platform, to protect users' legitimate rights and interests, Tencent's WeChat team said in a statement on Monday.
A statement on Wechat's official website said some of public accounts created by groups posing as religious bodies were seeking "donations," which has damaged the legitimate rights and interests of legitimate religious groups and users.
The WeChat team vows to regulate fundraising activities in the name of religion on the platform by terminating links related to donations claiming to be meant for religious activities, read the notice.
The notice added that public accounts of non-religious bodies or those who have not registered with the religious affairs departments must not organize any donation activities in any form.
Violators could face permanent suspension, the WeChat team said in the statement.
