Clubhouse App Creates Space for Open Talk in Middle East

The social networking app is booming in authoritarian countries, where users are speaking freely about otherwise taboo topics. By Vivian Yee and Farnaz Fassihi CAIRO — Faezeh Hashemi, the Iranian ... Read More

What If Dictators and Autocrats Learn to Love Clubhouse, Too?

In Silicon Valley, what passes for innovation often means copying the hot new thing, and right now that new thing is Clubhouse: an app that provides audio chat rooms for people to discuss whatever ... Read More

Evolving Social Media Apps Like Clubhouse Emphasize Talking Over Texting

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Over the past year people have communicated online more than ever before. A new generation of social media platforms are trading texting for talking, CBS2's Ali Bauman reported ... Read More

Clubhouse gives Arabs a space to speak freely

THE CONVERSATIONS can feel almost rebellious. Drift through the rooms and you hear heated talk of politics, business and religion. There is a frisson of flirtation too, with discussions about sex ... Read More

Oman blocks audio app Clubhouse citing lack of permit, but some fear censorship

DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman blocked U.S. audio app Clubhouse on Sunday because it did not have the right permit, authorities said, but some activists described the move as a further erosion of freedom of ... Read More