BREAKING: Apple drops smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements following Chinese criticism.
A display of the app "HKmap.live" designed by an outside supplier and available on Apple Inc.'s online store is seen in Hong Kong Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Apple became the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong when the ruling Communist Party's main newspaper criticized the tech giant Wednesday for a smartphone app that allows activists to report police movements. HKmap.live, designed by an outside supplier and available on Apple Inc.
BEIJING — Apple Inc. removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behavior. Apple became the latest company to come under pressure to take Beijing’s side against the demonstrators when the Communist Party’s People’s Daily said Wednesday the app “facilitates illegal behavior.” The newspaper asked, “Is Apple guiding Hong Kong thugs?”
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