China Appears to Block Encrypted Messaging App Signal
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variety.comRebecca Davis editorChina appears to have blocked the encrypted messaging app Signal, which was frequently used by journalists, activists and dissidents as an alternative to heavily surveilled local social media channels.Although the app used to be accessible to anyone, it now can only be used with a virtual private network (VPN), according to users in the country.
Without it, messages currently cannot send and calls won’t go through. Signal’s website was also inaccessible in mainland China on Tuesday.Signal is the country’s latest foreign social media casualty.
The country’s so-called “Great Firewall” already blocks sites such as Facebook, Google, Twitter and a host of foreign news outlets, as well as other chat apps like Telegram and.
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