The US company Apple has withdrawn an app popular with demonstrators and demonstrators in Hong Kong from the market of the Chinese Special Administrative Region. According to the developers of the Hong Kong map.live digital map, Apple today said that the app was „used in many ways to endanger police and Hong Kong residents.“
According to the developers, Apple said the app was used to attack and attack police and „threaten public safety.“ In addition, „criminals“ knew thanks to the app, in which districts were police officers and would then attacked there citizens. This use has caused „considerable damage“ to the Hong Kong people.
China fires against Apple
Chinese state media had previously accused Apple of using the app „obviously to support rioters.“ Yesterday, a commentary in the People’s Daily newspaper said there was „reason to believe that Apple mixed business with politics and even with illegal acts.“ Apple must think about the „consequences of his ill-advised and irresponsible decision,“ it said.
Other companies are sanctioned by China – for the corporations, the handling of the protests is a tightrope act, because the business in China is enormous.
