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Tag: HKmap Live app

H&M erased from Apple Maps and other apps in China

Friday, March 26, 2021 4:02 pmFriday, March 26, 202164 Comments

As of Thursday, H&M had been wiped off Apple Maps in China and also removed from China’s leading e-commerce, ride-hailing, daily-deals…

U.S. AG Barr blasts Apple as ‘all too willing’ to cooperate with China

Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:09 pmThursday, July 16, 202039 Comments

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said U.S. technology companies including Apple have been “all too willing” to collaborate with China’s CCP…

Apple faces shareholder vote on human rights policies after banning Hong Kong police activity tracking app

Monday, December 16, 2019 11:25 amMonday, December 16, 201914 Comments

Apple’s human rights policies will face a fresh shareholder vote in the new year following the company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong police activity tracking app…

U.S. senator blasts Apple for ‘risking compromise to authoritarianism’ in China

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 8:38 amWednesday, November 6, 201915 Comments

A key U.S. senator warned that Apple and the Chinese-owned music-video app TikTok are threats to international data security…

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz blasts Apple, ‘desperate to make a buck in China,’ for prioritizing profits over principles

Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:00 amThursday, October 24, 201948 Comments

I don’t think U.S. companies should be willing to aid and abet oppression and censorship by the Communist government…

Apple’s iron-fisted control over the App Store is no longer sustainable

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:20 pm25 Comments

Apple is the only judge and jury regarding what’s acceptable in the App Store…

Apple CEO Tim Cook joins influential Beijing university board as company’s China woes continue

Monday, October 21, 2019 2:28 pmMonday, October 21, 20199 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been appointed as the chairman of the advisory board at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing, a role which offers access to state leaders…

Ted Cruz, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among U.S. lawmakers urging Apple to restore Hong Kong police activity tracking app

Friday, October 18, 2019 4:37 pmThursday, October 24, 201933 Comments

First Apple pulled the HKmap Live app. Then they reinstated it. Then China criticized Apple, warning of “consequences,” so Apple CEO Tim Cook quickly kowtowed and pulled it again…

Apple CEO Cook meets China regulator after pulling Hong Kong police activity tracking app

Friday, October 18, 2019 8:56 am1 Comment

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook met the chief of China’s market regulator in Beijing on Thursday, the Chinese agency said…

Apple accedes to China’s despotic demands

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:30 am23 Comments

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has said that “companies should have values, just like people do.”

Apple execs told Apple TV+ content creators not to portray China negatively

Saturday, October 12, 2019 11:30 pm28 Comments

Apple’s recent actions in China are a continuation of the company’s years-long practice of appeasing Beijing. To do business in China..

Prominent Hong Kong lawmaker warns Apple of becoming an ‘accomplice for Chinese censorship’

Friday, October 11, 2019 10:40 amFriday, October 11, 20199 Comments

In an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, A prominent Hong Kong lawmaker and IT entrepreneur, Charles Mok, has warned Apple…

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removal of Hong Kong police activity tracking app in memo to employees

Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:32 pmThursday, October 10, 201925 Comments

You have likely seen the news that we made the decision to remove an app from the App Store entitled HKmap.live…

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s continued kowtowing to China is a very bad look

Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:05 pmThursday, October 10, 201939 Comments

China poses a triple threat to Apple. First, the escalating trade war between the US and China…

Apple removes Quartz news app from App Store in China over Hong Kong coverage

Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:09 amThursday, October 10, 201912 Comments

Apple has removed Quartz’s mobile app from the App Store in China after complaints from the Chinese government due to the publication’s ongoing coverage of the Hong Kong protests…

Apple again pulls Hong Kong police activity tracking app from App Store following Chinese warning

Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:35 amThursday, October 10, 201917 Comments

The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper on Tuesday called the app “poisonous” and decried what it said was Apple’s complicity…

China warns Apple of ‘consequences’ for reinstatement of Hong Kong police activity tracking app

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 9:01 amThursday, October 10, 201914 Comments

The mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party slammed a transport app available on Apple’s store that it alleged helped protesters identify police in Hong Kong…

Apple approves Hong Kong police activity tracking app

Monday, October 7, 2019 9:13 am4 Comments

Apple Inc.’s App Store reversed a recent decision to reject a Hong Kong app that shows police activity in the midst…

Apple pulls Hong Kong police tracking app from App Store, calling it ‘illegal’

Thursday, October 3, 2019 9:01 amThursday, October 3, 20194 Comments

Apple has banned an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state…

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