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« on: June 11, 2020, 04:05:19 pm »

Apple removes Pocket Casts podcast app from the Chinese App Store

Pocket Casts is the latest to take on Chinese censorship.

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Pocket Casts has been removed from the Chinese App Store.
The company says it was taken down after refusing to censor content.
Apple had taken the app down at the request of the Chinese government.


Pocket Casts, a popular podcast app, has apparently been removed from the Chinese App Store by Apple.

The company posted on Twitter tonight announcing the move from Apple, saying that they were asked to censor certain podcast content. When they refused, Apple removed the app from the Chinese App Store.


  "Pocket Casts has been removed from the Chinese App store by Apple, at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China. We believe podcasting is and should remain an open medium, free of government censorship. As such we won't be censoring podcast content at their request."


Pocket Casts has been removed from the Chinese App store by Apple, at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China...

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