Tim Cook defends removing Hong Kong protest app in leaked memoTim Cook weighs in on the Hong Kong mapping app debate.
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A leaked memo shows Tim Cook defending the removal of the HKmap.live app.
The app was removed from the Chinese App Store for promoting "illegal activity".
Cook believes that the decision "best protects our users".
Today, Tim Cook has addressed the controversy around the removal of the HKmap.live app from the Chinese App Store. Reported by Bloomberg, the CEO sent a memo to employees explaining their process and why they determined that the app need to be removed.
According to the memo, Cook defends Apple's decision and explains that it was not the functionality of the app itself, which allowed users to report information such as police checkpoints and protest hotspots, but what the app was being used for that led it its removal:
"We received credible information, from the Hong Kong Cybersecurity and Technology Crime Bureau, as well as from users in Hong Kong, that the app was being used maliciously to...
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Tim Cook defends removing Hong Kong protest app in leaked memo
