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

In an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, A prominent Hong Kong lawmaker and IT entrepreneur, Charles Mok, has warned Apple of becoming “an accomplice for Chinese censorship and oppression.”

Charlie Wood for BusinessInsider:

Charles Mok, who represents the Information Technology functional constituency on the Hong Kong Legislative Council, made the comments in an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the removal of Hong Kong police activity tracking app HKmap.live in a memo to employees.

Here it Apple CEO Tim Cook’s memo to employees, verbatim:

Team,

You have likely seen the news that we made the decision to remove an app from the App Store entitled HKmap.live. These decisions are never easy, and it is harder still to discuss these topics during moments of furious…

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

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.

Nick Statt for The Verge:

News organization Quartz… says its entire website has also been blocked from being accessed in mainland China.

The publication says it received a notice from Apple that the app “includes…

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

Stephen Nellis and John Ruwitch for Reuters:

Apple Inc has removed an app [HKmap.live] that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to ambush law enforcement – a move that follows sharp criticism of the U.S. tech giant by a Chinese state newspaper for allowing the software.

Apple had only just last week approved the app after rejecting it earlier this month. The…

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

Dan Martin for Agence France-Presse:

Hong Kong has endured nearly four months of protests that were ignited by a now-scrapped plan to allow extraditions of criminal suspects to the mainland.They snowballed into a movement calling for more democratic freedoms and police accountability, in the biggest challenge to China’s rule of Hong Kong since its handover from the British in 1997.

Chinese state…