AOC and Ted Cruz call out Apple for dropping Hong Kong app in joint letter
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In two letters, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sharply criticized Apple and Blizzard over their recent actions in China.
The first, addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook, expresses “strong concern” over the company’s decision to remove an app used by Hong Kong protesters from its App Store. The app, called HKMap, tracked police presence and was used by pro-democracy activists, but was removed earlier this month after Apple claimed it was being used for criminal activity. The app’s developers said there was no evidence of that, and Apple has been slammed for the move.
“Cases like these raise real concern about whether Apple and other large US corporate entities will bow to growing Chinese demands rather...