A little trouble in big China
Apple’s decision to withdraw an app from its Hong Kong App Store in October should, on the face of it, have been uncontroversial – it regularly reviews and removes apps from its App Stores worldwide, often because apps have violated its App Store policies in some way. The removal of HKmap. live was different – this was an app that was being used by human rights protestors in Hong Kong to help them avoid law enforcement. Only Apple said the app was being used to target police officers instead. In a statement Apple argued:
“We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover
