A social networking app that went viral in Southeast Asia has seen downloads plummet after its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were revealed.
Bondee, a social networking app with a variety of trendy avatars, was officially launched on Jan. 17. Bondee users can connect with others through personalized images and express their moods and situation.
Bondee lets users customize 3D avatars with various hairstyles, clothes, shoes, and accessories. They can also build their own virtual spaces, invite friends to visit their virtual homes, and indulge in camping, dancing, sailing, and other virtual activities.
Bondee soon became immensely popular among young people. In the last week of January, Bondee topped the weekly downloads charts in Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Taiwan, according to data.ai. In less than a month, the app was downloaded more than 5 million times on Google Play….