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Messaging app Signal no longer working in China

by AFP14:00, 16 March 202115:13, 16 March 2021

The encrypted messaging app Signal, recommended by Tesla’s Elon Musk, appeared to have been blocked in China on Tuesday, closing off one of the last US social media platforms still freely available in the country. Users of the free app, which has surged in popularity globally after rising privacy concerns, were unable to access it […]

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