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Tag: authoritarianism

Apple declines to testify at second congressional hearing probing tech’s ties to China

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:43 amTuesday, February 25, 20201 Comment

Apple and TikTok have each declined a request from U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) to testify at a March congressional hearing that would have probed…

Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party’s message gets tech upgrade

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 9:13 amTuesday, March 5, 201910 Comments

In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most studious Communist Party members…

China calls out Apple for ‘incorrect’ references to Taiwan and Hong Kong

Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:30 pmThursday, January 17, 201917 Comments

One of China’s top government-linked think tanks has called out Apple Inc…

China orders short video apps to censor all content, including user comments, political satire and sexual moaning

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 9:14 amWednesday, January 9, 201913 Comments

Video app operators are not allowed to ridicule, satirize, oppose, defame the socialist mode, theory, system, and culture with Chinese characteristics, and the country’s major principles and policies…

Chinese Apple iCloud accounts are now based in a state-run cloud

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:01 amWednesday, July 18, 20187 Comments

Apple users in China have had their data migrated to a local cloud, run by the Red State’s mobile telecoms provider…


Apple removes apps with CallKit framework from the App Store in China

Monday, May 21, 2018 9:29 amMonday, May 21, 20189 Comments

It’s been nearly a year since Apple began removing all VPN apps from the App Store in China…

UBS: Apple’s iPhone unlikely to recover damaged Chinese marketshare

Monday, April 16, 2018 4:55 pmMonday, April 16, 201810 Comments

CEO Tim Cook once envisioned China as Apple’s next big market, set to eclipse even the U.S. in revenue…

Amnesty International accuses Apple of betraying Chinese iCloud users

Thursday, March 22, 2018 10:06 am35 Comments

Amnesty International says Apple Inc is creating the Orwellian future it once envisioned…

China’s internet censors ban use of the letter ‘N’

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 2:02 pmWednesday, February 28, 201832 Comments

The Chinese government demonstrated just how much power it has over the opinions of its billion-strong population…

Apple is under fire for moving iCloud data to China; Amnesty International blasts move

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 10:26 amWednesday, February 28, 201811 Comments

Apple’s latest move in China has privacy advocates and human rights groups worried…

Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears

Monday, February 26, 2018 3:44 pmMonday, February 26, 201810 Comments

When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center…

Apple’s China lesson: Think different, but not too different

Monday, February 26, 2018 3:04 pmMonday, February 26, 20187 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will co-chair the Chinese government’s showcase global business forum…

Apple in talks for first order from a Chinese chipmaker

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:27 am8 Comments

Apple is in talks with state-backed Yangtze Memory Technologies to buy NAND flash chips…

Apple warns users who created Apple IDs overseas on dodging China’s new data law

Friday, January 12, 2018 1:37 pmFriday, January 12, 201811 Comments

China introduced a new cyber security law on June 1 that imposes tougher controls over data…

How U.S. iCloud users can ensure their data isn’t migrated to state-owned servers in China

Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:47 amThursday, January 11, 201816 Comments

While Apple yesterday warned Chinese customers that their data would be migrated to local servers…

Apple sets date to turn over cloud operations to a state-owned data center in China

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:27 am25 Comments

Apple Inc. said it will turn over its cloud operations in China to a state-owned local partner…

U.S. Senate Republican Marco Rubio hits Tim Cook for kowtowing to China

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 4:16 pmWednesday, December 13, 201761 Comments

Apple and Tim Cook are again under fire for their relationship with the Chinese government…

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