#Newspaper
Apple closes Chinese App Store loophole, causing thousands of games to be removed
//Apple will start removing thousands of games from its Chinese App Store in July as a result of a policy that requires all paid games or games with in-app purchases to be licensed by Chinese regulators
// The action marks the end of a loophole that allowed developers to sell games on the platform while they were awaiting approval.
//The measures are expected to impact at least one-third of the reportedly 60,000 games currently listed on Apple’s Chinese App Store that are either paid or feature in-app purchases and which currently lack a license. For some game developers, that could mean losing all revenue from Apple’s second-largest app market.
//major Android app stores have enforced the requirement to have a license prior to publication in China since 2016. However, the situation with Android app stores in China is different to iOS since these are run by local players like Tencent, Oppo, and Huawei.
// Google does not offer its Google Play Store in China.
//The news of the removals comes in the same month that Apple removed a pair of podcasting apps from its Chinese App Store at the request of the Chinese government.
Full Article: The Verge, (22-Jun)
#Apple #IOS #games #Android #license #Censorship #Kowtow #Tencent #Oppo #Huawei
Apple closes Chinese App Store loophole, causing thousands of games to be removed
//Apple will start removing thousands of games from its Chinese App Store in July as a result of a policy that requires all paid games or games with in-app purchases to be licensed by Chinese regulators
// The action marks the end of a loophole that allowed developers to sell games on the platform while they were awaiting approval.
//The measures are expected to impact at least one-third of the reportedly 60,000 games currently listed on Apple’s Chinese App Store that are either paid or feature in-app purchases and which currently lack a license. For some game developers, that could mean losing all revenue from Apple’s second-largest app market.
//major Android app stores have enforced the requirement to have a license prior to publication in China since 2016. However, the situation with Android app stores in China is different to iOS since these are run by local players like Tencent, Oppo, and Huawei.
// Google does not offer its Google Play Store in China.
//The news of the removals comes in the same month that Apple removed a pair of podcasting apps from its Chinese App Store at the request of the Chinese government.
Full Article: The Verge, (22-Jun)
#Apple #IOS #games #Android #license #Censorship #Kowtow #Tencent #Oppo #Huawei
The Verge
Apple closes Chinese App Store loophole, causing thousands of games to be removed
Impacting as many as 20,000 games.
TikTok Caught Red-handed Spying on Millions of Users Secretly
Apple has fixed a serious problem in iOS 14, where apps can secretly access the clipboard on users' devices.
It means whatever you have copied on your Mac/iPad can be read by the people behind the apps on your phone.
Countless apps were caught abusing users' privacy in this way, including TikTok from China. Given other security concerns raised about the app and broader worries given its Chinese origins, it brought about an even bigger headache to the the cybersecurity industry.
TikTok previously attributed the problem to an outdated library in their app, namely, 'an older version Google Ads SDK', suggesting it was not their fault.
However, the excuse has changed. According to TikTok, the issue is now 'triggered by a feature designed to identify repetitive, spammy behavior'. Thanks to Apple's latest update, TikTok and other privacy-bleaching apps will be forced to make changes.
Cybersecurity is way more important than you thought. You should be extremely careful with Chinese Apps. Update your devices to the latest version and be aware of your privacy settings.
#TikTok #CyberSecurity #China #Apple
Source:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/26/warning-apple-suddenly-catches-tiktok-secretly-spying-on-millions-of-iphone-users/amp/?__twitter_impression=truer
Apple has fixed a serious problem in iOS 14, where apps can secretly access the clipboard on users' devices.
It means whatever you have copied on your Mac/iPad can be read by the people behind the apps on your phone.
Countless apps were caught abusing users' privacy in this way, including TikTok from China. Given other security concerns raised about the app and broader worries given its Chinese origins, it brought about an even bigger headache to the the cybersecurity industry.
TikTok previously attributed the problem to an outdated library in their app, namely, 'an older version Google Ads SDK', suggesting it was not their fault.
However, the excuse has changed. According to TikTok, the issue is now 'triggered by a feature designed to identify repetitive, spammy behavior'. Thanks to Apple's latest update, TikTok and other privacy-bleaching apps will be forced to make changes.
Cybersecurity is way more important than you thought. You should be extremely careful with Chinese Apps. Update your devices to the latest version and be aware of your privacy settings.
#TikTok #CyberSecurity #China #Apple
Source:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/26/warning-apple-suddenly-catches-tiktok-secretly-spying-on-millions-of-iphone-users/amp/?__twitter_impression=truer
Forbes
Warning—Apple Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users
If you are a TikTok user, you should be worried—here's what you need to know.
#Newspaper
The 'i' in iPhone 11 now stands for India-made: Apple for the first time makes a top-of-the-line model in the country
//Apple has started making its flagship iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant near Chennai, the first time it’s manufactured a top-of-the-line model in the country, marking a boost for the government’s Make in India initiative.
//Of the three new models Apple launched in September, the iPhone 11 is the biggest seller in India. Supplies of the locally made device have already reached stores.
//The latest move marks the growing localization of Apple’s manufacturing in the country. The move also helps expand Apple’s production base beyond China at a time when Sino-US ties have soured.
//Apple may consider exporting the India-made iPhone 11 and reducing its dependence on China.
Full Article: The Economic Times (India Times), (24-Jul)
https://bit.ly/30lBr7e
#Apple #iPhone #localisation #ChinaUSrelations #MadeinIndia
The 'i' in iPhone 11 now stands for India-made: Apple for the first time makes a top-of-the-line model in the country
//Apple has started making its flagship iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant near Chennai, the first time it’s manufactured a top-of-the-line model in the country, marking a boost for the government’s Make in India initiative.
//Of the three new models Apple launched in September, the iPhone 11 is the biggest seller in India. Supplies of the locally made device have already reached stores.
//The latest move marks the growing localization of Apple’s manufacturing in the country. The move also helps expand Apple’s production base beyond China at a time when Sino-US ties have soured.
//Apple may consider exporting the India-made iPhone 11 and reducing its dependence on China.
Full Article: The Economic Times (India Times), (24-Jul)
https://bit.ly/30lBr7e
#Apple #iPhone #localisation #ChinaUSrelations #MadeinIndia
The Economic Times
The 'i' in iPhone 11 now stands for India-made: Apple for the first time makes a top-of-the-line model in the country
The company hasnt cut prices as it also sells iPhone 11 handsets made in China in India but industry executives said that could be an option later on. Local production saves Apple 22% import duty.
#Newspaper
Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
(11 Aug) The US government in July imposed sanctions on Changji Esquel Textile, a unit of the Hong Kong garment group Esquel, along with 10 other Chinese companies for alleged human rights violations in the Xinjiang region. The sanctions bar companies from buying US technology and other goods. Esquel has denied these allegations.
Esquel supplies many major US clothing companies including Patagonia, Nike and Tommy Hilfiger. In particular, Apple has a history with the firm for many years. It likely produced uniforms for staff in Apple stores. Until recently, Esquel’s website listed Apple as a “major customer”.
Apple said in a statement: “Esquel is not a direct supplier to Apple but our suppliers do use cotton from their facilities in Guangzhou and Vietnam...” However, neither Guangzhou nor Vietnam supply Esquel with cotton.
Of Esquel's many factories across Asia, the only location used “for cotton farming, ginning and spinning” is Xinjiang, where Chinese authorities’ persecution of mostly Muslim minorities has included forced labour. Esquel's Changji and Kashgar units in Xinjiang are among those sanctioned. The latter had a joint venture lasting more than two decades with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a paramilitary government organisation. The XPCC produces about one-third of China’s cotton.
“It is such a deeply entrenched, and broadly enmeshed system of oppression... that has involved hundreds of companies...” James Millward, professor of history at Georgetown University, said. Even if the companies’ own factories can be certified free of forced labour, they are often working with – or with authorisation from – the local governments to manage the abuse.
Source: MSN
Credit to: Hong Kong Echo
Further reading:
The relationship between XPCC and Hong Kong
https://telegra.ph/The-relationship-between-XPCC-and-Hong-Kong-08-15
#Sanction #Xinjiang #Apple #Patagonia #Nike #TommyHilfiger #Esquel #XPCC
Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
(11 Aug) The US government in July imposed sanctions on Changji Esquel Textile, a unit of the Hong Kong garment group Esquel, along with 10 other Chinese companies for alleged human rights violations in the Xinjiang region. The sanctions bar companies from buying US technology and other goods. Esquel has denied these allegations.
Esquel supplies many major US clothing companies including Patagonia, Nike and Tommy Hilfiger. In particular, Apple has a history with the firm for many years. It likely produced uniforms for staff in Apple stores. Until recently, Esquel’s website listed Apple as a “major customer”.
Apple said in a statement: “Esquel is not a direct supplier to Apple but our suppliers do use cotton from their facilities in Guangzhou and Vietnam...” However, neither Guangzhou nor Vietnam supply Esquel with cotton.
Of Esquel's many factories across Asia, the only location used “for cotton farming, ginning and spinning” is Xinjiang, where Chinese authorities’ persecution of mostly Muslim minorities has included forced labour. Esquel's Changji and Kashgar units in Xinjiang are among those sanctioned. The latter had a joint venture lasting more than two decades with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a paramilitary government organisation. The XPCC produces about one-third of China’s cotton.
“It is such a deeply entrenched, and broadly enmeshed system of oppression... that has involved hundreds of companies...” James Millward, professor of history at Georgetown University, said. Even if the companies’ own factories can be certified free of forced labour, they are often working with – or with authorisation from – the local governments to manage the abuse.
Source: MSN
Credit to: Hong Kong Echo
Further reading:
The relationship between XPCC and Hong Kong
https://telegra.ph/The-relationship-between-XPCC-and-Hong-Kong-08-15
#Sanction #Xinjiang #Apple #Patagonia #Nike #TommyHilfiger #Esquel #XPCC
Msn
Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
Apple has imported clothes – probably uniforms for staff in stores – from a company facing US sanctions over forced labour at a subsidiary firm in China’s western Xinjiang region, shipping records show.
Exclusive: Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk
A person with knowledge of the plan said Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc.
Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple’s iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam’s northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021. The lines will also take some production from Chin.
According to Taipei-based researchers group TrendForce, all iPads are assembled in China and so Foxconn’w move would made the first time that the iPad has been made outside China.
Source: Reuters #Nov26
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exclusive-idUKKBN2860XN
#Apple #China #Taiwan #Foxconn #IPad #Macbook
A person with knowledge of the plan said Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc.
Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple’s iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam’s northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021. The lines will also take some production from Chin.
According to Taipei-based researchers group TrendForce, all iPads are assembled in China and so Foxconn’w move would made the first time that the iPad has been made outside China.
Source: Reuters #Nov26
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exclusive-idUKKBN2860XN
#Apple #China #Taiwan #Foxconn #IPad #Macbook
Chinese dissident targets Apple, Nike, others after report says they lobbied to weaken forced labor bill
In the United States, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is designed to cracker down on ellegef human rights abuses against Muslim minority groups in Vjins’s far west,. The bill come under pressure from multinational companies including Nike, Apple and Coca-Cola, according to a report in the New York Times.
Exiled Chinese dissident Badiucao, who in September was awarded the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent, took to Twitter to launch a series of satirical images targeting Nike, Apple and Coca-Cola for their alleged efforts to weaken the bill.
One of Badiucao's satirical images tries to draw a contrast with Nike's endorsement of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's "take a knee" initiative. The Apple image mimics the company's iPhone advertising, but changes the product name to "iChain."
Source: CNBC #Dec04
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/china-uighurs-artist-badiucao-targets-apple-nike-coca-cola-muji.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
#Uyghur #China Badiucao #Nike #Apple #CocaCola
In the United States, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is designed to cracker down on ellegef human rights abuses against Muslim minority groups in Vjins’s far west,. The bill come under pressure from multinational companies including Nike, Apple and Coca-Cola, according to a report in the New York Times.
Exiled Chinese dissident Badiucao, who in September was awarded the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent, took to Twitter to launch a series of satirical images targeting Nike, Apple and Coca-Cola for their alleged efforts to weaken the bill.
One of Badiucao's satirical images tries to draw a contrast with Nike's endorsement of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's "take a knee" initiative. The Apple image mimics the company's iPhone advertising, but changes the product name to "iChain."
Source: CNBC #Dec04
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/china-uighurs-artist-badiucao-targets-apple-nike-coca-cola-muji.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
#Uyghur #China Badiucao #Nike #Apple #CocaCola
CNBC
Chinese dissident targets Apple, Nike, others after report says they lobbied to weaken forced labor bill
An artist targeted several multinational corporations after a report that they lobbied to weaken a U.S. bill banning imports made using forced labor.
Apple removes 39,000 game apps from China store to meet deadline
Apple removed more than 46,000 apps, including 39,000 gams in total from its China store on Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence.
The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities.
“However, this major pivot to only accepting paid games that have a game licence, coupled with China’s extremely low number of foreign game licences approved this year, will probably lead more game developers to switch to an ad-supported model for their Chinese versions,” said Todd Kuhns, marketing manager for AppInChina, a firm that helps overseas companies distribute their apps.
Source: Reuters #Dec31
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-china-games/apple-removes-39000-game-apps-from-china-store-to-meet-deadline-idUKKBN2950P1?edition-redirect=uk
#Apple #AppsRemoval #AppleChinaStore
Apple removed more than 46,000 apps, including 39,000 gams in total from its China store on Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence.
The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities.
“However, this major pivot to only accepting paid games that have a game licence, coupled with China’s extremely low number of foreign game licences approved this year, will probably lead more game developers to switch to an ad-supported model for their Chinese versions,” said Todd Kuhns, marketing manager for AppInChina, a firm that helps overseas companies distribute their apps.
Source: Reuters #Dec31
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-china-games/apple-removes-39000-game-apps-from-china-store-to-meet-deadline-idUKKBN2950P1?edition-redirect=uk
#Apple #AppsRemoval #AppleChinaStore
Peter Thiel criticizes Google and Apple for being too close to China
Tech investor Peter Thiel criticized big U.S. technology companies for being too close to China at a Tuesday appearance at a virtual event held by the Richard Nixon Foundation.
Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and sits on Facebook’s board after making an early investment, is an outspoken voice in the technology investment world is known for contrarian opinions and conservative leanings. He’s backed defense contractors like Palantir and publicly supported former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president.
On Wednesday, the Nixon session focused on China, and he was joined by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.
Source: CNBC #Apr07
#PeterThiel #Google #Apple #China #PayPal #Facebook
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/peter-thiel-criticizes-google-and-apple-for-being-too-close-to-china-.html
Tech investor Peter Thiel criticized big U.S. technology companies for being too close to China at a Tuesday appearance at a virtual event held by the Richard Nixon Foundation.
Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and sits on Facebook’s board after making an early investment, is an outspoken voice in the technology investment world is known for contrarian opinions and conservative leanings. He’s backed defense contractors like Palantir and publicly supported former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president.
On Wednesday, the Nixon session focused on China, and he was joined by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.
Source: CNBC #Apr07
#PeterThiel #Google #Apple #China #PayPal #Facebook
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/peter-thiel-criticizes-google-and-apple-for-being-too-close-to-china-.html
P&G Researched New Technology with Chinese Traders to Bypass Apple’s Privacy Policy, Tracking iPhone User Data
Wall Street Journal quoted from sources that large consumer goods group, P&G, participates in developing a new technology to bypass Apple’s new privacy policy to collect iPhone user data for targeting advertisement. That technology is testing in China.
Compare to television and street advertising in the past, advertisers and merchants have sent out some targeted advertisements to attract consumers by collecting and analysing usage habits and preferences of users for ten years to increase marketing effectiveness. As the public cares more about personal privacy in recent years, some technology companies also tighten the policy to protect user’s privacy.
However, similar policies cannot stop enterprises from providing such targeted advertisements. Wall Street Journal stated that US multinational consumer goods leading enterprise P&G, multinational accounting companies Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, and market research company Nielson are all participating in the new technology development to bypass Apple’s existing privacy policy which limits the collection of user's data.
Source: Stand News #Apr09
https://bit.ly/3aHXIk6
#China #PG #Apple #iPhone #PersonalPrivacy #TargetingAdvertisement #MaketingEffectiveness #Deloitte #PricewaterhouseCoopers #Nielson
Wall Street Journal quoted from sources that large consumer goods group, P&G, participates in developing a new technology to bypass Apple’s new privacy policy to collect iPhone user data for targeting advertisement. That technology is testing in China.
Compare to television and street advertising in the past, advertisers and merchants have sent out some targeted advertisements to attract consumers by collecting and analysing usage habits and preferences of users for ten years to increase marketing effectiveness. As the public cares more about personal privacy in recent years, some technology companies also tighten the policy to protect user’s privacy.
However, similar policies cannot stop enterprises from providing such targeted advertisements. Wall Street Journal stated that US multinational consumer goods leading enterprise P&G, multinational accounting companies Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, and market research company Nielson are all participating in the new technology development to bypass Apple’s existing privacy policy which limits the collection of user's data.
Source: Stand News #Apr09
https://bit.ly/3aHXIk6
#China #PG #Apple #iPhone #PersonalPrivacy #TargetingAdvertisement #MaketingEffectiveness #Deloitte #PricewaterhouseCoopers #Nielson
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#PoliticalSuppression #WhiteTerror
Public Broadcaster in HK Removes Veteran Journalist and Academic From Shows
After the multiple arrests of media workers and the shutdown of #Apple Daily, the authorities continue to shake up the media industry in Hong Kong.
On June 28, 2021, #RTHK, the public broadcaster funded by the government removed #AllanAu (#AuKaLun), a veteran journalist and university lecturer #LeungKaiChi from a radio programme and a TV show, respectively.
They are both columnists well known for speaking up against injustice and making critical analysis from their professional expertise. They both taught at local universities.
They were notified of the station's decision at the last minute, namely on the same day. For Leung, the entire show he used to host was canceled and replaced by replayed programmes.
Just a week ago, snother RTHK radio host, Tsang Chi-ho, was sacked with immediate effect, despite his popularity in the show "Crazy and Happy". Before that, Tsang used to co-host Headliner, a popular political satire that was axed by RTHK after attacks by the pro-Chins camp.
Au has been a co-host of the current affairs show for 11 years. Au spent the last 20 seconds of the show to say goodbye to his audience. He reiterated that the motto of the phone-in show was to "speak the truth" and hoped everyone would take care.
Source: Stand News #Jun28
https://bit.ly/3gYKwuY.
https://bit.ly/2UCx2w4
#Censorship #PressFreedom #Journalism
Public Broadcaster in HK Removes Veteran Journalist and Academic From Shows
After the multiple arrests of media workers and the shutdown of #Apple Daily, the authorities continue to shake up the media industry in Hong Kong.
On June 28, 2021, #RTHK, the public broadcaster funded by the government removed #AllanAu (#AuKaLun), a veteran journalist and university lecturer #LeungKaiChi from a radio programme and a TV show, respectively.
They are both columnists well known for speaking up against injustice and making critical analysis from their professional expertise. They both taught at local universities.
They were notified of the station's decision at the last minute, namely on the same day. For Leung, the entire show he used to host was canceled and replaced by replayed programmes.
Just a week ago, snother RTHK radio host, Tsang Chi-ho, was sacked with immediate effect, despite his popularity in the show "Crazy and Happy". Before that, Tsang used to co-host Headliner, a popular political satire that was axed by RTHK after attacks by the pro-Chins camp.
Au has been a co-host of the current affairs show for 11 years. Au spent the last 20 seconds of the show to say goodbye to his audience. He reiterated that the motto of the phone-in show was to "speak the truth" and hoped everyone would take care.
Source: Stand News #Jun28
https://bit.ly/3gYKwuY.
https://bit.ly/2UCx2w4
#Censorship #PressFreedom #Journalism
Chinese Suppliers to Apple, Nike Shun Xinjiang Workers as U.S. Forced-Labor Ban Looms
Chinese factories that supply Apple Inc. and Nike Inc. and make other products sold in the U.S. are shunning workers from Xinjiang, as Western countries increase scrutiny of forced labor from the remote northwestern region where Beijing has been accused of committing genocide against local ethnic minorities.
Lens Technology Co. Ltd, a Chinese maker of smartphone touch screens and supplier to Apple and other companies, phased out Uyghur factory workers transferred from Xinjiang through a state-backed labor program last year, according to former staff and shop owners near one of its factories. The company has also ceased hiring Uyghur workers, according to current staff.
Source: WSJ #Jul20
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-suppliers-to-apple-nike-shun-xinjiang-workers-as-u-s-forced-labor-ban-looms-11626795627
#Apple #Nike #Xinjiang #US #Supplier
Chinese factories that supply Apple Inc. and Nike Inc. and make other products sold in the U.S. are shunning workers from Xinjiang, as Western countries increase scrutiny of forced labor from the remote northwestern region where Beijing has been accused of committing genocide against local ethnic minorities.
Lens Technology Co. Ltd, a Chinese maker of smartphone touch screens and supplier to Apple and other companies, phased out Uyghur factory workers transferred from Xinjiang through a state-backed labor program last year, according to former staff and shop owners near one of its factories. The company has also ceased hiring Uyghur workers, according to current staff.
Source: WSJ #Jul20
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-suppliers-to-apple-nike-shun-xinjiang-workers-as-u-s-forced-labor-ban-looms-11626795627
#Apple #Nike #Xinjiang #US #Supplier
#Censorship #CCP
#Quran App Removed in China
//#Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China, following a request from officials.
Quran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store - and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims.
The Chinese Communist Party officially recognises Islam as a religion in the country.
However, China has been accused of human rights violations, and even genocide, against the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang.
Earlier this year the BBC reported that Uyghur imams had been targeted in China's Xinjiang crackdown.
Apple declined to comment, but directed the BBC to its Human Rights Policy, which states: "We're required to comply with local laws, and at times there are complex issues about which we may disagree with governments."
However, it is not clear what rules the app has broken in China.//
Source: BBC #Oct15
#Quran App Removed in China
//#Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China, following a request from officials.
Quran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store - and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims.
The Chinese Communist Party officially recognises Islam as a religion in the country.
However, China has been accused of human rights violations, and even genocide, against the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang.
Earlier this year the BBC reported that Uyghur imams had been targeted in China's Xinjiang crackdown.
Apple declined to comment, but directed the BBC to its Human Rights Policy, which states: "We're required to comply with local laws, and at times there are complex issues about which we may disagree with governments."
However, it is not clear what rules the app has broken in China.//
Source: BBC #Oct15
Apple censors engraving service, report claims
Apple censors references to Chinese politicians, dissidents and other topics in its engraving service, a report alleges.
Citizen Lab said it had investigated filters set up for customers who wanted something engraved on a new iPhone, iPad or other Apple device.
And Apple had a broad list of censored words, not just in mainland China but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Apple said its systems "ensure local laws and customs are respected".
Source: BBC #Aug18
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58258385
#Apple #iPhone #China #HongKong #Taiwan
Apple censors references to Chinese politicians, dissidents and other topics in its engraving service, a report alleges.
Citizen Lab said it had investigated filters set up for customers who wanted something engraved on a new iPhone, iPad or other Apple device.
And Apple had a broad list of censored words, not just in mainland China but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Apple said its systems "ensure local laws and customs are respected".
Source: BBC #Aug18
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58258385
#Apple #iPhone #China #HongKong #Taiwan
A #US Federal Communications commissioner pushes #Apple and #Google to remove #TikTok from their app stores
In a letter to the companies released on Tuesday, Jine 29, 2022, #BrendanCarr, a Republican commissioner, said he believed that “TikTok’s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data” violated Apple’s and Google’s standards and that TikTok should be taken out of the app stores...
The Biden administration has considered other measures to keep American data away from China but has not publicly pushed TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner.
TikTok has maintained that it is taking steps to keep employees in China from gaining access to its data. Shortly before a recent news report revealed it was struggling to do so, it said it was routing all data from its U.S. users through servers controlled by Oracle.//
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/technology/apple-google-tiktok.html
Source: New York Times #Jun29
#CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #App #MadeinChina
In a letter to the companies released on Tuesday, Jine 29, 2022, #BrendanCarr, a Republican commissioner, said he believed that “TikTok’s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data” violated Apple’s and Google’s standards and that TikTok should be taken out of the app stores...
The Biden administration has considered other measures to keep American data away from China but has not publicly pushed TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner.
TikTok has maintained that it is taking steps to keep employees in China from gaining access to its data. Shortly before a recent news report revealed it was struggling to do so, it said it was routing all data from its U.S. users through servers controlled by Oracle.//
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/technology/apple-google-tiktok.html
Source: New York Times #Jun29
#CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #App #MadeinChina
NY Times
An F.C.C. commissioner pushes Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores.
Brendan Carr, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, said he was concerned that the Chinese-owned app could provide Beijing with access to the data of Americans.