Apple removes smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements from its online store.
For people in Hong Kong angry over tactics used by the police to break up anti-government protests, the HKmap.live app was a handy little tool.
The company said in a statement that it removed HKmap.live from its app store because it"has been used to target and ambush police" and"threaten public safety." Apple's decision was"not acceptable," she said, adding she'll think twice about buying more of the company's products. While no longer available for download, the app still works for users who had already downloaded it to their Apple devices. It also works on Android devices and in web browsers.Apple acted under pressure from various channels, including the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily.Hong Kong office worker Acko Wong, 26, scoffed at the suggestion that the app helped give a free rein to criminals.
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