https://news.hitb.org/index.php/ en https://news.hitb.org/index.php/content/apple-draws-criticism-after-pulling-chinese-anti-censorship-app <article data-history-node-id="48244" role="article" class="node article teaser clearfix UTF-8"> <header> <h2 class="title text-center"><a href="/index.php/content/apple-draws-criticism-after-pulling-chinese-anti-censorship-app" rel="bookmark"><span>Apple draws criticism after pulling Chinese anti-censorship app</span> </a></h2> <div class="meta submit clearfix"> <div class="date text-right"> <span class="lowercase">posted on</span>October 7, 2013 </div> <div class="author"> <span class="lowercase">by</span> <span><span>l33tdawg</span></span> </div> </div> </header> <div class="image-default"> <div> <a href="/index.php/content/apple-draws-criticism-after-pulling-chinese-anti-censorship-app" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/open-door-131005.jpg?itok=gNPDzkTa" width="220" height="132" alt="http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/open-door-131005.jpg" title="Credit: Apple Insider" /> </a> </div> <div class="image-credit"> <strong>Credit:</strong> <a href="http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/open-door-131005.jpg" target="_blank">http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/open-door-131005.jpg</a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div><p> Apple has been criticized by the developer of a Chinese app designed to bypass China's Internet censorship protocols after the company removed the title from the App Store in China because its functionality is illegal in that country. </p> <p> Open Door was sold in the Chinese App Store until July of this year, when Apple pulled the program, saying that it contained content that was illegal within China. The app saw roughly 2,000 daily downloads in China, according to the Daily Mail, and it is still available in the App Stores of other countries, including the U.S. App Store.</p></div> </div> <div class="meta link clearfix"> <div class="comment"> <span class="lowercase">no</span>comment </div> <div class="share text-center show-for-medium"> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://news.hitb.org/index.php/content/apple-draws-criticism-after-pulling-chinese-anti-censorship-app" data-a2a-title="Apple draws criticism after pulling Chinese anti-censorship app"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><span class="fa fa-linkedin"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_email"><span class="fa fa-envelope"></span></a></span> </div> <div class="read-more"><a href="/index.php/content/apple-draws-criticism-after-pulling-chinese-anti-censorship-app"><span class="lowercase">&#8594;</span>READ MORE</a></div> </div> </article> Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:22:31 +0000 l33tdawg 48244 at https://news.hitb.org https://news.hitb.org/index.php/content/google-sees-alarming-rise-government-censorship <article data-history-node-id="44748" role="article" class="node article teaser clearfix UTF-8"> <header> <h2 class="title text-center"><a href="/index.php/content/google-sees-alarming-rise-government-censorship" rel="bookmark"><span>Google sees &#039;alarming&#039; rise in government censorship</span> </a></h2> <div class="meta submit clearfix"> <div class="date text-right"> <span class="lowercase">posted on</span>June 18, 2012 </div> <div class="author"> <span class="lowercase">by</span> <span><span>l33tdawg</span></span> </div> </div> </header> <div class="image-default"> <div> <a href="/index.php/content/google-sees-alarming-rise-government-censorship" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/200721567_498574d98d.jpg?itok=vH8oou2K" width="220" height="164" alt="http://www.flickr.com/photos/billkerr/200721567/" title="Credit: Bill Kerr (Flickr) " /> </a> </div> <div class="image-credit"> <strong>Credit:</strong> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/billkerr/200721567/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/billkerr/200721567/</a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div><p>Google reports it has seen an "alarming" rise in government requests to censor Internet content in the past six months.</p> <p>The Web giant said it received more than 1,000 requests from governments around the world to remove items such as YouTube videos and search listings. The company, which said it complied with more than half the requests, released a catalog of those requests as part of its bi-annual Global Transparency Report.</p></div> </div> <div class="meta link clearfix"> <div class="comment"> <span class="lowercase">no</span>comment </div> <div class="share text-center show-for-medium"> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://news.hitb.org/index.php/content/google-sees-alarming-rise-government-censorship" data-a2a-title="Google sees &#039;alarming&#039; rise in government censorship"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><span class="fa fa-linkedin"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_email"><span class="fa fa-envelope"></span></a></span> </div> <div class="read-more"><a href="/index.php/content/google-sees-alarming-rise-government-censorship"><span class="lowercase">&#8594;</span>READ MORE</a></div> </div> </article> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:02:57 +0000 l33tdawg 44748 at https://news.hitb.org