Apple Removed 805 Apps in China From 2018 To 2019 (abacusnews.com) 12
Over the course of a year, Apple took down 805 apps in mainland China by its own account. From a report: In Apple's latest transparency report accounting for the first half of 2019, the iPhone maker said it removed 288 apps from China's iOS App Store for both legal and policy violations. The Apple Transparency Report goes out twice a year and details requests received from government agencies and private parties worldwide. The report lists government requests to access information on accounts and devices, but the last two reports also include the number of apps Apple removed that period. When it comes to why those apps are removed, though, Apple is tight-lipped. The reports cite two reasons for app removals: Platform violations, which covers gambling apps (gambling is illegal in China), and legal violations, which according to Apple usually means apps with pornography (also illegal in China) and other illegal content.
[...] The total number of apps missing from the App Store because of government censorship is hard to know. GreatFire has used its tool applecensorship.com to identify 2,678 apps that aren't available inside the mainland China App Store. But this number doesn't paint the full picture. Records of missing apps are only generated when people search for them on the website. And there's no information on whether apps were taken down because of a government request, a decision from Apple or the app makers' choice. Many of the apps recorded were never listed on the mainland China App Store. But the list does provide some insight, like the fact that the 149 unavailable news apps is more than in any other country. "We know that app store removals are happening more often in China," said GreatFire's Karen Reilly. "We know that many of these apps are news sources. We know that many of these apps are VPNs and other software that everyday people use to protect their privacy."
[...] The total number of apps missing from the App Store because of government censorship is hard to know. GreatFire has used its tool applecensorship.com to identify 2,678 apps that aren't available inside the mainland China App Store. But this number doesn't paint the full picture. Records of missing apps are only generated when people search for them on the website. And there's no information on whether apps were taken down because of a government request, a decision from Apple or the app makers' choice. Many of the apps recorded were never listed on the mainland China App Store. But the list does provide some insight, like the fact that the 149 unavailable news apps is more than in any other country. "We know that app store removals are happening more often in China," said GreatFire's Karen Reilly. "We know that many of these apps are news sources. We know that many of these apps are VPNs and other software that everyday people use to protect their privacy."
pornography used to remove freedom talk? apple get (Score:2)
pornography used to remove freedom talk? apple get out of china or stand up and say no to any app ban.
Real Reason (Score:2)
Re: Real Reason (Score:1)
The word 'slavishly' needs to appear in there somewhere. Apple, whipped like a dog in China.
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The word 'slavishly' needs to appear in there somewhere. Apple, whipped like a dog in China.
If they are, so is every single other company that does business in China.
Oh, and BTW, kindly name one cellphone OEM who does not do business in China of its own volition, due to its censorship requirements.
I'll wait.
Re: Real Reason (Score:1)
I don't always lick boots - but when I do, I lick Chinese "Communist" Party boots!
Re: Real Reason (Score:1)
Apple is the company that so loudly proclaims 'Privacy' .
Is that word just one of their trademarks in the way they use it?
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Lets make it a better question. Name any other non-Chinese company that has proudly invested in China's future over it's own countries future?
Apple could have invested in the USA, but it would rather invest in China, and it's very proud of it's investments in China's future..
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apple-launched-china-clean-energy-fund-invests-in-three-wind-farms/ [apple.com]
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/07/apple-launches-new-clean-energy-fund-in-china/ [apple.com]
https://www.apple.com/cn/newsroom/2017/0 [apple.com]
Male surplus (Score:2)
Re: Male surplus (Score:1)
Get ready for old-school colonialist (Euro style colonialism, not American style imperialism) hot wars in Africa (and other underdeveloped yet resource-rich locales). Coming soon to an Earth near you!
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China still values their international reputation. If they are going to start any wars of conquest, they need a pretext first. Doesn't have to be a good one.
What about apps on Mars? (Score:1)