China's Tencent will inspect WeChat's 'youth mode' after prosecutors initiate lawsuit

China's Tencent will inspect WeChat's 'youth mode' after prosecutors initiate lawsuit

FILE PHOTO: A Tencent logo is seen in Beijing, China September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Tencent said it would investigate the functions of its popular social messaging app  WeChat’s “youth mode”, after Beijing prosecutors initiated a civil public-interest lawsuit against a subsidiary of the company on Friday.