Apple has removed a mapping application used by Hong Kong protesters from its App Store, just days after being criticised by Chinese state media for allowing it to be downloaded.
The iPhone maker also removed the mobile app of news organisation Quartz from its App Store in mainland China, a move that employees of the media company alleged was a result of its coverage of the Hong Kong protests.
Apple said in a statement on Thursday that HKmap.live, an app that displays the crowdsourced real-time locations of traffic obstructions, police and protesters, “has been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents in Hong Kong”.
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