Right, but when asked, no official or authority stated there was a law that was violated. Apple couldn't or didn't cite a law. The police and authorities don't claim they made a request. Whatever the rule of law Apple might claim to follow, it's 100% opaque and misleading.
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Glenn Fleishman Retweeted Charles Mok 莫乃光
If I didn't say that, why impute it? But no law has been cited, no criminal activity shown. See https://twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/status/1182301330339184641 … and https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-apple/apple-pulls-police-tracking-app-used-by-hong-kong-protesters-after-consulting-authorities-idUSKBN1WP09U … and BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50009971 … HK legislator doesn't agree law broken:https://twitter.com/charlesmok/status/1182336160611201024 …
Glenn Fleishman added,
Charles Mok 莫乃光Verified account @charlesmokToday I wrote to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, to tell him his company’s decision to remove HKmap live app from Appstore will cause problems for normal Hong Kong’s citizens trying to avoid police presence while they are under constant fear ofpolice brutality. Values over profits, pls! pic.twitter.com/guaBfV8PnfShow this thread1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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Apple is not acting according to its stated principles. Whether Cook is lying or not, I can’t tell. However, given Apple says they follow local laws, it would be good to know under what authority and what laws they are removing the app. For transparency.
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It’s a perfectly reasonable assumption: that there is no lawful obligation for them to remove this app. If there were some lawful basis, the presumption would be they would disclose it rather than hide that in their press releases or emails.
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Why unearth would we assume lawful basis when there is no such claim or hint or even anyone pointing at what law might be involved?
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Cook never claimed a lawful obligation. There is no claim or evidence of lawful obligation. It’s not an option that anybody has yet suggested as what happened. Also Hong Kong is SAR.
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