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Social media darling Clubhouse takes heat for chat recordings

Cutting-edge app lags behind on privacy, regulators say

TOKYO -- The voice chat app Clubhouse has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks as a unique new form of social media, attracting wide range of fans from Chinese dissidents to Elon Musk.

But as its user base swells into the millions, authorities and experts have sounded alarm bells about its operator's opaque privacy practices.

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