If you go to the periphery of any Hong Kong protest, you will see people frantic to get away from police activity, often families with young children, or elderly people struggling to walk quickly, in obvious pain. As I said before, it's not the protesters they're afraid of
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The Hong Kong police are now openly at war with the population of their city. They can't go anywhere without residents—not protesters—calling them gangsters and much worse. They've been attacking journalists who try to keep them accountable.
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To deny the people of Hong Kong one of the few tools that defends them against police aggression is such a craven act that I can't even put it into words. Is Apple going to side with "law enforcement" in every dictatorship on the planet? Is coddling China worth that much to them?
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On behalf of tech people in America, I would like to apologize to the people of Hong Kong for this humiliating display by our biggest tech company. These are not the fundamental American values you have in mind when you wave our flag at your protests, and we must do better
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Pinboard Retweeted Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪
CORRECTION: I said upthread that Hong Kong police had put 70 people in the hospital last night. The correct number is 104https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1179224100755136513?s=20 …
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I can't stop tweeting because I'm so angry (this should be the site motto). Another thing the map shows is when police raise a blue flag for ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY. Wandering into this puts you in legal jeopardy, a potential 5-10 year jail sentence. And the police don't want you there!
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So in a whole bunch of scenarios, HKMAP helps residents comply with the wishes of law enforcement (who communicate their demands by colored flags quickly raised in the dark). Apple's stated rationale makes no sense and I believe they are simply lying to avoid angering China
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From a purely outside perspective, Apple just may disallow the location of law enforcement vehicles regardless of the intention.
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Not in the US at least. The Waze navigation app reports police locations.
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Ah then I'm mistaken. Through my experience, apple is so tough when it comes to publishing apps that I'm presuming it's something weird rather than them trying to appease China.
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The app creator thinks it's a bureaucratic snafu, too. Let's hope that's right, and this can get cleared up fast!
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