XChat, a privacy-focused messaging app launched by Elon Musk’s X platform, was made officially available on the Apple App Store on April 17, but has been censored in mainland China along with Chinese media reports about its release.
Searching for “XChat,” “xchat,” or the app’s name in Chinese on platforms such as Douyin or Little Red Book consistently yields empty results, accompanied by technical error codes such as “–30002,” according to social media posts.
