Apple Deletes WhatsApp from App Store in China
- VIVA.co.id/Arianti Widya
The deadline for companies to complete registrations was the end of March and the regulations came into effect on April 1, as quoted from NYpost site.
As information, China has blocked other popular sites and apps including Google, Google-owned YouTube, Pinterest, X (formerly known as Twitter), Tumblr, Blogger and Snapchat.
Despite the ban, Chinese internet users have managed to get around the restrictions through the use of VPNs.
Data cited by The Wall Street Journal shows that Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp have been downloaded from Apple’s App Store more than 170 million times collectively over the past decade.
Chinese protesters and demonstrators used social media to organize rallies denouncing the government’s draconian Covid-era lockdown measures during the pandemic.
In response, Apple limited file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users through its encrypted AirDrop feature, which lets people share content with one another if their devices are in close proximity.
Apple is among the few American tech companies that have established a significant business footprint in mainland China.
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