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Clubhouse has been gaining steam over the past few weeks, growing from 3.5 million global downloads on 1 February to 8.1 million by 16 February, according to App Annie. App Annie said Clubhouse exceeded 2.6 million downloads in the US alone this month as a result of appearances from renowned individuals such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. While the app is currently on an uptake high, a recent breach saw an individual temporarily stream multiple rooms from their own feed to a website.
Clubhouse s spokesperson told
MARKETING-INTERACTIVE in a statement that recording or streaming without the explicit permission of the speakers is against the Clubhouse terms of service. This individual s account has been permanently banned from the service and we have added additional safeguards to prevent people from doing this in the future, the spokesperson said but declined to comment on the specifics of th
Twitter has announced that it has banned hundreds of state-affiliated propaganda accounts from Russia, Iran, and Armenia. The problematic accounts were engaged in platform manipulation.
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The social audio app Clubhouse is pictured near a star on the Chinese flag in this illustration picture taken February 8, 2021. Reuters pic
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SHANGHAI, Feb 13 US audio app Clubhouse said it is reviewing its data protection practices, after a report by the Stanford Internet Observatory said it contained security flaws that left users’ data vulnerable to access by the Chinese government.
The app said in a response to the study, published by the research group at Stanford University, that while it had opted not to make the app available in China, some people had found a workaround to download the app which meant the conversations they were a part of could be transmitted via Chinese servers.
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