Australia calls on China's Tencent to give back prime minister's WeChat account

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Australia calls on China's Tencent to give back prime minister's WeChat account

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has lost control of his official account on the Chinese social media platform WeChat, sparking concerns that Beijing may be continuing its attempts to wield political influence in the country.Morrison's account, which had 76,000 followers, was renamed earlier this month and his photo removed, the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph newspaper reported .But WeChat's parent company Tencent told the Associated Press…