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[Translation from English to Japanese ] Weixin Reinstates Real-Name User Verification, Allows Weibo Users to Auto-Ver...
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Weixin Reinstates Real-Name User Verification, Allows Weibo Users to Auto-Verify
Tencent’s mobile messaging behemoth Weixin (known as WeChat outside China) is, like other Chinese messaging services, legally responsible to some extent for the content its users share. And although the service is extremely popular, users have expressed concerns about how safe it is when strangers can pretend to be whoever they want. For these reasons, the company had previously initiated an optional real-name verification system, but recently suspended it temporarily. Now, it’s back open with a brand-new auto-verification option: users who have verified accounts on Sina Weibo or Tencent Weibo can log in via those accounts to have their Weixin accounts verified automatically.
The new verification system appears to be only in effect within China, and should not affect overseas users of WeChat in any way. The system is a smart move on Tencent’s part, for several reasons. First, it greatly reduces the workload of the verification process, which would otherwise require each verification request to be processed by a Tencent employee. Second, it increases the ease of verification for new Weixin users in China and thus increases the likelihood that they will choose to verify their accounts. Finally, it allows users who would prefer to, ahem, circumnavigate real-name verification to verify via their Sina Weibo accounts (since Sina’s implementation of real-name requirements has been pretty half-assed by the company’s own admission). As a chat app, the need for any political censorship on Weixin that would be facilitated by a real-name system is probably not as significant as it is on weibo, but the location-based nature of the app could facilitate stalking in such a way that real-name verification might become something that users actually demand. If that happens, allowing users to verify their identities via Weibo could turn out to be a bit of a mistake, as users are well aware of the holes in weibo real-name registration. But if that doesn’t happen, this change will have been a smart move for Tencent to ease the verification process both for users and for itself.
Tencent’s mobile messaging behemoth Weixin (known as WeChat outside China) is, like other Chinese messaging services, legally responsible to some extent for the content its users share. And although the service is extremely popular, users have expressed concerns about how safe it is when strangers can pretend to be whoever they want. For these reasons, the company had previously initiated an optional real-name verification system, but recently suspended it temporarily. Now, it’s back open with a brand-new auto-verification option: users who have verified accounts on Sina Weibo or Tencent Weibo can log in via those accounts to have their Weixin accounts verified automatically.
The new verification system appears to be only in effect within China, and should not affect overseas users of WeChat in any way. The system is a smart move on Tencent’s part, for several reasons. First, it greatly reduces the workload of the verification process, which would otherwise require each verification request to be processed by a Tencent employee. Second, it increases the ease of verification for new Weixin users in China and thus increases the likelihood that they will choose to verify their accounts. Finally, it allows users who would prefer to, ahem, circumnavigate real-name verification to verify via their Sina Weibo accounts (since Sina’s implementation of real-name requirements has been pretty half-assed by the company’s own admission). As a chat app, the need for any political censorship on Weixin that would be facilitated by a real-name system is probably not as significant as it is on weibo, but the location-based nature of the app could facilitate stalking in such a way that real-name verification might become something that users actually demand. If that happens, allowing users to verify their identities via Weibo could turn out to be a bit of a mistake, as users are well aware of the holes in weibo real-name registration. But if that doesn’t happen, this change will have been a smart move for Tencent to ease the verification process both for users and for itself.
Weixinが再びユーザーの実名認証を実施 — Weiboユーザーは自動認証が可能
Tencentの巨大なモバイルメッセージサービスWeixin（中国国外でのサービス名はWeChat）は、中国の他のメッセージサービスと同じように、ユーザーがシェアするコンテンツにある程度の法的な責任を持っている。同サービスはかなりの人気があるが、他人がなりたい人になりすました場合、このサービスがどのくらい安全なのかという懸念がユーザーから上がっていた。そういう理由で、同社は以前にオプションの実名認証システムを導入したが、最近それを一時的に停止していた。
Tencentの巨大なモバイルメッセージサービスWeixin（中国国外でのサービス名はWeChat）は、中国の他のメッセージサービスと同じように、ユーザーがシェアするコンテンツにある程度の法的な責任を持っている。同サービスはかなりの人気があるが、他人がなりたい人になりすました場合、このサービスがどのくらい安全なのかという懸念がユーザーから上がっていた。そういう理由で、同社は以前にオプションの実名認証システムを導入したが、最近それを一時的に停止していた。
さて今回、その実名認証システムが全く新しい自動認証オプションという形で帰ってきた。この新しいシステムでは、Sina Weibo、もしくはTencent Weibo に認証アカウントを持つユーザーはそれらのアカウントを通じてログインし、それぞれのWeixinアカウントを自動的に認証することができる。
この新しい認証システムは中国だけで実施されるようで、中国国外のWeChatユーザーは何の影響もないはずだ。
この新しい認証システムは中国だけで実施されるようで、中国国外のWeChatユーザーは何の影響もないはずだ。
同システムは、いくつかの理由でTencent側にとっては賢明な取組みだ。まず、認証プロセスの仕事量を大幅に減らしていること。自動認証でなければ、各認証リクエストをTencentの社員が1件づつしなければならないからだ。2つめは、中国でのWeixin新規ユーザーにとっては認証プロセスが楽になり、彼らがアカウント認証を選択する可能性が高まること。最後に、（えへん）実名認証を避けたいユーザーにSina Weiboのアカウントを通じて認証を可能にしていること（これは、Sinaの実名制の実施は同社自身も認めるようにかなりいい加減なものだからだ）。
チャットアプリとして、Weixin上の政治的検閲は実名制の導入で促進されるが、その必要性はおそらくWeiboほど大きくないだろう。だが、同アプリの持つ位置情報という特性は、実名認証によって「ユーザー」が実際に要求する人になれるという方法で、ストーキングを促進するかもしれない。もし、それが起これば、ユーザーのIDをWeiboを通じて認証することは間違ったやり方になる。ユーザーはWeiboの実名制登録の欠陥を充分に認識しているからだ。だが、もしそれが起こらなければ、今回のシステム変更はTencentおよびユーザーにとって認証プロセスを楽にするので、Tencentとしては賢明な取組みとなるだろう。
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