Private US app Clubhouse accused of anti-Semitism
On social app Clubhouse, users can drop in and out of different chat rooms and hear the live audio of conversations among other users or panel discussions on certain topics
San Francisco, US — Controversial private social app Clubhouse was again the target of criticism on Monday, after a conversation with hundreds of listeners devolved into a platform for what some saw as anti-Semitic comments. The flare-up highlights a potential weakness for the voice-based community app, which has drawn ire for its policies on harassment, even though it’s not available to the public.
Despite remaining invitation-only — or perhaps because of it — Clubhouse has generated a level of buzz disproportionate to its number of users. Venture capitalists and other Silicon Valley insiders frequent the app, and investments from Andreessen Horowitz and other top investors pushed the company’s valuation to $100m just a few months after its debut. Among the hundreds of listeners in the room during the contentious discussion on Monday were Clubhouse backers Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen, according to the list of attendees in the app...
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