Factbox: Apps removed from Apple's China app store
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) removed the New York Times Co's (NYT.N) news apps from its app store in
China on Dec. 23, following a request from the Chinese authorities. An Apple
spokesman said the company had been informed that the app was "in
violation of local regulations".While data from ASO100, a firm which analyses app
store data, indicates that hundreds of apps are removed from China's app store
a day, the removal of the New York Times' app is among the most high-profile
deletions.The following apps have been removed from Apple's Chinese store
in the past. Reuters has not individually verified these stories, but the apps
are no longer available in the store.October 2015 - Apple disabled its news reading app,
Apple News, in mainland China, the New York Times reported in October 2015,
citing a person with direct knowledge of the situation. (tinyurl.com/nlasvg8)November 2013 - FreeWeibo, an app that allows users to
read sensitive postings on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo service, was deleted
by Apple on grounds of "illegal content", its developer Radio
Netherlands Worldwide said on its website.(tinyurl.com/gso9her)October 2013 - OpenDoor, a free app that allowed users
to jump over firewalls and access restricted sites, was removed from the
Chinese app store by Apple for including "content that is illegal in
China", the app's developer said in a blogpost on anti-censorship watchdog
GreatFire.org. (tinyurl.com/h2d7jpk)April 2013 - Jingdian Shucheng, an app that allowed
users to access books banned by the Chinese government, was removed, the
Financial Times reported citing the app's developer Hao Peiqiang. Hao said the
reason was that it included "content that is illegal in China". (tinyurl.com/j6jqdkx)(Reporting by Brenda Goh and SHANGHAI Newsroom;
Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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