Google has apparently joined Apple in taking down a Hong Kong mapping app under Chinese pressure. The app appears to be part of a popular movement to support pro-democracy local businesses in Hong Kong. https://twitter.com/Fight4HongKong/status/1216302597856006146 …
-
This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread
-
Pinboard Retweeted
Here's a thread about Apple's shameful banning of another map app that helped keep users safe from tear gas and police beatings. No American tech company has covered itself in glory standing up for Hong Kong. https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1183751308802699264 …
Pinboard added,
This Tweet is unavailable.2 replies 38 retweets 115 likesShow this thread -
If you work at Google and want to stop this blatant caving to political pressure from China, please make some noise to people on the Google Play team. Hold their feet to the fire on this one.
1 reply 25 retweets 96 likesShow this thread -
This is the message the app dev got (via Telegram): 內容為: 「問題:違反敏感事件政策 我們禁止任何對天災、暴行、衝突、死亡或其他不幸事件缺乏合理敏感度的應用程式,也禁止任何應用程式利用這類事件牟利」//
1 reply 18 retweets 54 likesShow this thread -
Rough machine translation: "Violation of the Sensitive Events Policy: We prohibit any app that doesn't have a reasonable sensitivity to natural disasters, atrocities, conflicts, deaths or other unfortunate events, and we prohibit apps from taking advantage of such events"
1 reply 15 retweets 51 likesShow this thread -
This for an app that is being used by citizens in Hong Kong to look up pro-democracy shops to support with their business. Does Google consider peaceful mass protest to be a conflict, or an unfortunate event?
1 reply 22 retweets 81 likesShow this thread
A link to the LIHKG forum thread on this topic for those who can read it:https://lihkg.com/thread/1821296/page/1 …
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.