Clubhouse app tackles privacy concerns

Among the measures announced, there is the fact that Clubhouse will no longer force you to allow it to access your iPhone and Twitter contact list in order to invite people to the platform.

The app is being blamed by privacy activists for this roundabout way of collecting data on people who don’t necessarily want to join the social network.

Users now only need to enter a phone number to invite someone to join the app.

According to what Paul Davison, the director of the company, said on Sunday on Clubhouse, Internet users who wish to withdraw the authorization given to the application to access their contacts can make a request for the data collected to be deleted. A tool is in development so that users can do so on the platform.

Other features

Clubhouse, which is celebrating its first year of activity on March 17, took advantage of its platform on the application on Sunday to unveil some new features. By popular demand, the service now allows URL sharing to profiles and clubs, and group invitations can come from groups rather than individuals.

Gone are the days when the algorithm suggested chat rooms in a language you do not master: the social network has set up language filters to better target, depending on your use of the application, your preferences. language.

Internet users can also count on new tools to report abuse from other followers of the social network, in addition to being able to remove contacts from their profile.

The creators of content are not left out. Clubhouse has announced that it is banking on its Creator First accelerator, which will select 20 people to help it develop their audience and monetize their exchanges on the app.

After its competitors Facebook and Twitter have unveiled the floor on audio platforms, Clubhouse has every interest in making efforts to keep its place of choice in this growing universe.

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