Apple confirmed it had withdrawn the two apps – both owned by Meta, also the owner of Facebook – under instruction from the Cyberspace Administration of China, which regulates and censors China's highly restricted internet and online content.
We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree. It seems unlikely that the company was overjoyed to bow to high-profile censorship yet again.
Apple hasn't pursued a strategy of so-called malicious compliance, following the letter but not the spirit of the law, emphasizing the stark difference in approach between the Chinese state and the European Union.
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