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- Apple reveals App Store takedown demands by governments https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/02/apple-app-government-takedowns/ 203 comments
- Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/aatmanirbhar-bharat-modi-govt-to-set-up-app-store-alternative-to-google-play-apple-app-store-895755.html?ampcf=1 350 comments
- Protest tonight at Apple Store SF. We can’t let governments backdoor the iPhone https://www.dontbreakourphones.org/sf 3 comments
- Apple oppose Japanese government app store regulation, says it endangers society https://iphonewired.com/news/709486/ 4 comments
- Apple Removes WhatsApp, Threads From China App Store on Government Orders https://www.wsj.com/articles/WP-WSJ-0001716697?mod=article_recs_pos1_sb_hp&next_redirect=true 310 comments apple
- Apple Adds British Government Coronavirus PSA to UK App Store https://www.macrumors.com/2020/03/26/apple-official-covid-19-psa-uk-app-store/ 2 comments apple
- Apple Takes Down WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store Due to Government Directive https://dailybusinessupdates.com/apple-takes-down-whatsapp-and-threads-from-chinese-app-store-due-to-government-directive/ 5 comments wallstreetbets
- Apple pulls TikTok from India's App Store in compliance with government ban https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/04/16/apple-pulls-tiktok-from-indias-app-store-in-compliance-with-government-ban 134 comments apple
- Apple removes VPN apps from the App Store in China in Compliance with Chinese Government https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store-in-china/ 18 comments apple
- Apple asks Indian government for permissions to open stores http://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/apple-files-with-india-government-to-open-first-stores/story-ppc4faeyy1dwoy3btluedo.html 47 comments apple
- Apple Shares Government App Store Takedown Requests in Latest Transparency Report https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/02/apple-government-app-takedown-requests/ 10 comments apple
- Apple will start reporting government requests to remove apps from the App Store http://www.xenpac.com/2018/05/27/apple-will-start-reporting-government-requests-to-remove-apps-from-the-app-store/ 6 comments apple
- Apple will start reporting government requests to remove apps from the App Store https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/25/17396512/apple-transparency-report-app-takedown-requests 12 comments technology
- The Russian government has demanded Apple and Google remove LinkedIn from their app stores http://www.recode.net/2017/1/7/14199344/linkedin-russia-ban-apple-google 17 comments technology
- Apple removes NY Times app from its China store after request from Chinese government. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/business/media/new-york-times-apps-apple-china.html 3 comments worldnews
- Apple removes ‘Quartz’ news app from Chinese App Store at request of the government https://9to5mac.com/2019/10/09/apple-china-quartz-app-store/ 135 comments apple
- US Department of Defense has 5 root certificates in Apple's iOS8 certificate store. A few other governments have some, too http://karl.kornel.us/2014/09/an-analysis-of-the-cas-trusted-by-ios-8-0/ 17 comments technology
- Apple cooperates with Chinese government's demands and censors Dalai Lama on Chinese App Store http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/apple-censors-dalai-lama-on-chinese-app-store 12 comments apple
- Protest planned tonight at 5pm PST at the Apple Store in SF. Apple is right: We can’t let governments backdoor the iPhone. https://www.dontbreakourphones.org/sf 13 comments technology
- Apple has ejected an app that offered access to banned books from its App Store in China, in the latest sign of the technology giant’s willingness to appease the Chinese government. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9971655/apple-censors-tibet-book-app-in-latest-concession-to-chinese-government.html 5 comments apple
- Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader's Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/google-apple-remove-navalny-app-stores-russian-elections-begin-2021-09-17/ 5 comments technology
- Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader's Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/google-apple-remove-navalny-app-stores-russian-elections-begin-2021-09-17/ 2590 comments worldnews
- Korean Government Orders Apple and Google to Change 'No-Refund' App Store Policies [iOS Blog] http://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/06/korea-apple-google-no-refund-app-store/ 76 comments apple
- Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia says DOGE is pushing to create an ‘Apple Store–like experience’ in government https://fortune.com/2025/03/28/joe-gebbia-doge-federal-employee-retirement-system-apple-store/ 514 comments nottheonion
- Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from China App Store following government order | Telegram and Signal have also been removed due to national security concerns https://www.techspot.com/news/102679-apple-removes-whatsapp-threads-china-app-store-following.html 63 comments technews
- Apple Developer Program Membership - Now free in some countries intended for Educational and Government Institutions usage (Restricted to submitting only free apps to the App Store) https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/ 57 comments apple
- Chinese iCloud Users Warned The Government Could Access Their Data. Apple has agreed to store iCloud data in China, allowing country's authorities to bypass the US court system when seeking information on its users. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2018/02/24/chinese-icloud-users-warned-the-government-could-access-their-data/#6037301620c4 216 comments worldnews
- Skype's call and messaging service has been removed from app stores in China, including the Apple app store. Apple says it is one of several apps to have been removed after the government said it does not comply with local law. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42076033 3 comments worldnews
- Apple reveals number of government surveillance requests and says certain kinds of customer data were never handed over, because it chose not to store them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/17/apple-reveals-us-surveillance-requests 4 comments apple
- Saudi Arabians are using a widely available Google and Apple store app to report activists who speak out against the government. Some have received harsh sentences while others are self-censoring. https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-mbs-human-rights-violations-apple-google-app-store-2022-9 223 comments futurology
- Saudi Arabians are using a widely available Google and Apple store app to report activists who speak out against the government. Some have received harsh sentences while others are self-censoring. https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-mbs-human-rights-violations-apple-google-app-store-2022-9 142 comments technology
- Don't Break Our Phones: Apple is right to fight the FBI. We can’t let governments backdoor the iPhone - Join a rally today at the Apple store near you at 5:30 PM https://www.dontbreakourphones.org/ 4 comments politics
- Don't Break Our Phones: Apple is right to fight the FBI. We can’t let governments backdoor the iPhone - Join a rally today at the Apple store near you at 5:30 PM https://www.dontbreakourphones.org/ 9 comments apple
- Don't Break Our Phones: Apple is right to fight the FBI. We can’t let governments backdoor the iPhone - Join a rally today at the Apple store near you at 5:30 PM https://www.dontbreakourphones.org/ 5 comments technology
- Apple removes ‘Quartz’ news app from Chinese App Store at request of the government - The website, which has been covering the Hong Kong protests in detail, has also been blocked across all of mainland China. https://9to5mac.com/2019/10/09/apple-china-quartz-app-store/ 128 comments worldnews
- Apple removes ‘Quartz’ news app from Chinese App Store at request of the government - The website, which has been covering the Hong Kong protests in detail, has also been blocked across all of mainland China. https://9to5mac.com/2019/10/09/apple-china-quartz-app-store/ 3 comments technology
- [Mykhailo Fedorov] I’ve contacted @tim_cook, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation, and to support the package of US government sanctions! If you agree to have the president-killer, then you will have to be satisfied with the only available site Russia 24. https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1497327555690610689 100 comments apple
- Apple has removed a popular Quran app from its app store in China after a request by the Chinese government. The Quran Majeed app was removed due to content deemed “illegal religious texts” by the Chinese authorities, according to the BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58921230 59 comments worldnews
- Apple removes New York Times app in China - Apple has removed the New York Times app from its store in China after a government request, in an example of how far the company will go to please the authorities in its third-largest market. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/apple-removes-new-york-times-app-in-china?cmp=share_androidapp_%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%BD%EB%B3%B4%EB%93%9C%EC%97%90_%EB%B3%B5%EC%82%AC 9 comments technology
- While Apple removed an application from its online store that gave users access to the WikiLeaks's content, Google has kept more than half a dozen apps available on its Android Marketplace that make it easier to access the confidential U.S. government documents WikiLeaks had released on its site. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40783504 7 comments apple