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App Shutdown in Tibet

November 16, 2022;

GangYang, a popular Tibetan language video sharing app used in Tibet, has announced its closure “for financial reasons”, reports Radio Free Asia. The app, which was launched in 2018, has Tibetan language function keys. RFA‘s sources say they believe the reason for the shutdown of the app to be pressure from the Chinese government, in line with their policy of restricting Tibetans from using their own language.

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