Editing Tencent QQ (section)

===Government surveillance===
Some observers have criticized QQ's compliance in the Chinese government's [[Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China|Internet surveillance and censorship]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/asia/08censor.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&ref=technology| title=China's Censors Tackle and Trip Over the Internet| work=The New York Times| first1=Michael| last1=Wines| first2=Sharon| last2=Lafraniere| first3=Jonathan| last3=Ansfield| date=2010-04-07| access-date=2017-02-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222000346/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/asia/08censor.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&ref=technology| archive-date=2019-02-22| url-status=live}}</ref> A 2013 report by [[Reporters Without Borders]] specifically mentioned QQ as allowing authorities to monitor online conversations for keywords or phrases and track participants by their user number.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://surveillance.rsf.org/en/china/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316125952/http://surveillance.rsf.org/en/china/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-03-16|title=China - The Enemies of Internet|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|access-date=2012-04-14}}</ref>