BEIJING\/HONG KONG: Private social audio app Clubhouse<\/a> is attracting masses of new users from mainland China, where the U.S. app remains uncensored by authorities despite flourishing discussions on rights, national identity and other sensitive topics.
Western social media apps including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are banned in China, where the local internet is tightly censored to weed out content that could undermine the ruling communist party.
The Clubhouse app<\/a>, launched in early 2020, saw explosive growth in user numbers earlier this month after Tesla CEO Elon Musk<\/a> and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev held a surprise discussion on the platform.
Its chat rooms are only accessible via invites from current members, and as of Sunday, invites to the platform were selling for between 50-400 yuan ($7.73 - $69.59) on popular Chinese e-commerce sites.
Reuters directly observed several Chinese-language 'club' conversations where thousands of users listened to wide-ranging audio discussions covering topics including Xinjiang detention camps, Taiwan independence and Hong Kong's National Security Law.
China's cyber authorities have become increasingly strict in recent years, widening the scope of apps, media outlets and social media sites banned in the country.
While Clubhouse<\/a> remains uncensored, it is only available on iOS devices and is unavailable in the local Apple app store, both major barriers for its widespread use in China.
Mainland Chinese users can access the app by modifying the location of their app store.
It's unclear why the app remains unblocked in China, though some foreign social sites with small Chinese followings manage to operate under the radar of censors, including 8kun, a central hub for QAnon followers.
In one club chat centred on Hong Kong politics, activists, journalists and artists discussed former U.S. president Trump and his support base in the former colony.
Another popular Chinese language club on the site as of Saturday involved a rare open exchange between netizens<\/a> in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong over heightened political tensions in the region.
The discussion became a hot topic on China's own Twitter-like social media site Weibo on Saturday.
\"I don't know how long this environment can last\", said one user in a popular Weibo post that was liked over 65,000 times. \"But I will definitely remember this moment in Internet history.\"
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中国用户涌入美国聊天应用会所,逃避审查
会所应用,成立于2020年初,在经历了爆炸式的增长,用户数量本月早些时候在特斯拉总裁伊隆麝香和当罗宾汉首席执行官弗拉德Tenev举行一个惊喜讨论平台。
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北京/香港:私人社交音频应用会所吸引了大量的新用户来自中国大陆,在美国应用仍然尽管繁荣的讨论被当局未经审查的权利,国家身份和其他敏感话题。
西方社交媒体应用程序包括Twitter、Facebook和YouTube在中国都是被禁止的,当地的互联网是剔除严格审查内容可能削弱执政的共产党。
的会所的应用,成立于2020年初,在本月早些时候用户数量爆炸式增长特斯拉总裁Elon Musk和当罗宾汉首席执行官弗拉德Tenev举行一个惊喜讨论平台。
聊天室是,只有通过从当前成员邀请周日,邀请之间的平台才卖50 - 400元(7.73 - 69.59美元)受欢迎的中国电子商务网站。
路透直接观察中文“俱乐部”的几次谈话中成千上万的用户听广泛的音频讨论涵盖的主题包括新疆拘留营,香港和台湾独立的国家安全法律。
中国的网络部门近年来变得越来越严格,应用的范围扩大,媒体和社会媒体网站禁止。
而会所仍然未经审查的,只有iOS设备上可用和不可用在当地的苹果应用程序商店,两个主要障碍为其在中国的广泛使用。
中国大陆的用户可以访问应用程序通过修改他们的应用程序商店的位置。
目前尚不清楚为什么在中国应用仍然畅通,虽然一些外国社交网站与中国小追随者的雷达下操作管理审查,包括8库恩,QAnon追随者的中央枢纽。
在一个俱乐部聊天集中在香港政治、活动家、记者和艺术家讨论了美国前总统特朗普和他的前殖民地的支持基础。
另一个流行的中文俱乐部网站的周六涉及一种罕见的公开交流网民在中国大陆,台湾和香港在该地区的紧张局势升级。
讨论成为一个热门话题在中国自己的类似twitter的社交媒体网站微博在周六。
“我不知道这个环境能维持多久”,说一个用户在一个受欢迎的微博帖子,喜欢超过65000次。“但我一定会记住这个时刻在互联网历史。”
北京/香港:私人社交音频应用会所吸引了大量的新用户来自中国大陆,在美国应用仍然尽管繁荣的讨论被当局未经审查的权利,国家身份和其他敏感话题。
西方社交媒体应用程序包括Twitter、Facebook和YouTube在中国都是被禁止的,当地的互联网是剔除严格审查内容可能削弱执政的共产党。
的会所的应用,成立于2020年初,在本月早些时候用户数量爆炸式增长特斯拉总裁Elon Musk和当罗宾汉首席执行官弗拉德Tenev举行一个惊喜讨论平台。
聊天室是,只有通过从当前成员邀请周日,邀请之间的平台才卖50 - 400元(7.73 - 69.59美元)受欢迎的中国电子商务网站。
路透直接观察中文“俱乐部”的几次谈话中成千上万的用户听广泛的音频讨论涵盖的主题包括新疆拘留营,香港和台湾独立的国家安全法律。
中国的网络部门近年来变得越来越严格,应用的范围扩大,媒体和社会媒体网站禁止。
而会所仍然未经审查的,只有iOS设备上可用和不可用在当地的苹果应用程序商店,两个主要障碍为其在中国的广泛使用。
中国大陆的用户可以访问应用程序通过修改他们的应用程序商店的位置。
目前尚不清楚为什么在中国应用仍然畅通,虽然一些外国社交网站与中国小追随者的雷达下操作管理审查,包括8库恩,QAnon追随者的中央枢纽。
在一个俱乐部聊天集中在香港政治、活动家、记者和艺术家讨论了美国前总统特朗普和他的前殖民地的支持基础。
另一个流行的中文俱乐部网站的周六涉及一种罕见的公开交流网民在中国大陆,台湾和香港在该地区的紧张局势升级。
讨论成为一个热门话题在中国自己的类似twitter的社交媒体网站微博在周六。
“我不知道这个环境能维持多久”,说一个用户在一个受欢迎的微博帖子,喜欢超过65000次。“但我一定会记住这个时刻在互联网历史。”
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