Apple bows to pressure to remove ‘police-watching’ app used by Hong Kong protesters
Apple has been harshly criticised by China over the app, with the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper calling it ‘poisonous’
10 October 2019 - 11:01
San Francisco — Apple removed an app on Wednesday that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements, from its app store, saying it violated rules because it was used to ambush police.
The US tech giant had come under fire from China over the app, with the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper calling the app “poisonous” and decrying what it said was Apple's complicity in helping the Hong Kong protesters...
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