Oman Bans Clubhouse for Lacking Operating Permit

Oman banned the Clubhouse voice chat app saying it lacks the proper permit to operate, with some activists raising concerns that it’s an act censorship, Reuters said. The Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said that telecom applications operating in the country must obtain a permit from the authority, adding that Oman ‘prohibits the use of many encrypted VoIP applications without an official license’. Advertisements The Omani Association for Human Rights said in a statement that the Omani government, with this ban, replicates China, which banned the app. last month, adding that the application was being used by many Omanis ‘as a space to freely express their opinions’. Clubhouse, which is currently available only on iOS, has grown in popularity among social media apps, especially after Telsa’s CEO Elon Musk said he will take a break from Twitter and switch to the voice-chat app. According to some reports, the app. has been criticized for the lack of powerful moderation tools, which has led to some anti-Semitic ideas and helped spread misinformation about the deadly virus “COVID-19”. Meantime, after nearly a year into its existence, Clubhouse has managed to raise a $1 billion financing round. لوما نيوز محرك بحث اخبارى و تخلي لوما…
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