HKMap is used by Hong Kongers to map locations and points of interest, such as road or railway closures, as well as locations where police activity is occurring
MANILA, Philippines – Apple appears to have rejected a community mapping application used by people in Hong Kong to help track police activity, the Twitter account behind the HKmap app wrote on Thursday, October 3.
HKmap is used by Hong Kongers to map locations and points of interest, such as road or railway closures, as well as locations where police activity was occurring. The Twitter account of HKmap wrote on Wednesday, October 2, it was rejected from the app store as its content"facilitates, enables, and encourages an activity – that is not legal... Specifically, the app allowed users to evade law enforcement."
"Your app contains content - or facilitates, enables, and encourages an activity - that is not legal ... Specifically, the app allowed users to evade law enforcement." assume our user are lawbreakers and therefore evading law enforcement, which is clearly not the case.Originally assumed to be a banning of the app, the HKMap's Twitter account clarified on October 3, the app was rejected as part of a review process, which resumed after appeal.We are never on the App Store, they rejected it during the review process.
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