The Signal messaging app Signal is no longer working in China.

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The Signal-encoded messaging app, suggested by Tesla's Elon Musk, appeared to have been blocked in China on Tuesday and shut down one of the latest U.S. social media platforms that are still freely available. In the country Users of the free app, which have grown in popularity around the world after increasing privacy concerns, are unable to access without a virtual private network (VPN).

China has installed an extensive and sophisticated system to rid the Internet of dissent and prevent citizens from accessing international social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in what it calls the "Great Firewall".Signal's website has been banned since at least March 15, according to the website. GreatFire.org It tracks online censorship in China, although the app is still available in the Chinese app store.Signal did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.

The iOS version of the ทางเข้า slotxo Sensor Tower research firm has been installed nearly 510,000 times in China that doesn't track Android downloads in the country.Google Play is not available in China.Globally, the app has more than 100 million installs in both Apple's App Store and Google Play, Sensor Tower told AFP.In January, people around the world flocked to apps like Telegram and Signal after Facebook's messaging service WhatsApp modified its terms of service and sparked privacy concerns.Signal saw a huge increase in demand, aided by a suggestion tweeted by tech entrepreneur Musk.

WhatsApp policy update - later delayed - involves how merchants who use WhatsApp to chat with customers can share information with Facebook, which may use the information for targeted ads by the social network.Signal stopped working without the VPN from time to time before, even though the service resumed later.Co-founder GreatFire.org Martin Johnson told AFP the data showed the app was not available in the App Store in 2019.Last month, China shut down the Clubhouse app in China, a short-lived booming audio platform in the country, to discuss banned topics without censorship.