Apparently the mainland China version of the app lets you continue using it without providing certain info; this is now in its privacy policy (technode translation):
"Unless it’s required by relevant laws, your objection in providing this information will block the feature concerned, but will not influence the usage of other features."
http://technode.com/2017/09/19/now-its-official-wechat-is-wa...
Apparently the mainland China version of the app lets you continue using it without providing certain info; this is now in its privacy policy (technode translation):
"Unless it’s required by relevant laws, your objection in providing this information will block the feature concerned, but will not influence the usage of other features."