Apple Comes Under Media Fire in China
Apple Inc. has come under fire by Chinese state media, which claims the U.S. technology giant isn't doing enough to block texts and images trafficking in prohibited content including pornography, gambling and counterfeit goods.
In a barrage that began last week, China's state-controlled news agency Xinhua and at least four state-supported media outlets have published criticism of Apple for not doing enough to filter banned content on its iMessage service.
State broadcaster CCTV joined in Tuesday on another front, saying Apple's app store allowed illegal gambling apps disguised as official lottery apps.
[...] On Monday, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other top government agencies said they would impose new requirements requiring mobile-phone makers to include spam-filtering features.
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(Score: 2) by Alfred on Wednesday August 01 2018, @06:03PM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @06:28PM
In this case the little guy is but a small part of the big guys. This would hurt China if Apple pulled out, and possibly it would spur some internal debates on politics. Apple should 100% pull out of the market.