Apple CEO Tim Cook during a product launch event at company headquarters in Cupertino, California, US, September 10, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends decision to remove Hong Kong maps app in memo to staff
- Apple joins other foreign companies struggling to navigate the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong
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Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook during a product launch event at company headquarters in Cupertino, California, US, September 10, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Police restrain a protester near a police station in the Mong Kok shopping district on Monday. Chinese commentators are criticising Apple Inc for making available an app that would allow users to avoid police actions in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyodo
Apple under fire from China over HKmap.live app that tracks police activity amid Hong Kong protests
- HKmap.live uses crowdsourcing to track police vehicles, armed officers and incidents in which people have been injured
- People’s Daily column accuses the tech giant of ‘allowing its platform to clear the way for an app that incites illegal behaviour’
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Hong Kong protests
Police restrain a protester near a police station in the Mong Kok shopping district on Monday. Chinese commentators are criticising Apple Inc for making available an app that would allow users to avoid police actions in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyodo