Senator Rubio slams Apple over Russia Smart Voting app removalApple removed an app from opposition leader Alexei Navalny following threats from Russia's government.
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Senator Marco Rubio has slammed Apple and Google for removing a Smart Voting app in Russia.
Apple was forced to remove the app from Russia's opposition leader because of threats from the government.
Rubio said Apple was "complicit in the censorship of an oppressive, authoritarian regime."
Senator Marco Rubio has sent a strongly-worded letter to both Apple and Google lambasting both companies' decision to remove Alexei Navalny's Smart Voting app from their platforms ahead of Russia's recent election.
The Washington Examiner reports that Rubio sent both companies a letter stating:
By bowing to Moscow's demand, Google and Apple have made themselves complicit in the censorship of an oppressive, authoritarian regime... "You have set a disturbing precedent for both of your companies, and their peers, one with ramifications for billions of users of your tec...
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Senator Rubio slams Apple over Russia Smart Voting app removal
