A bipartisan group of seven US politicians have urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to restore the HKMap app used in Hong Kong.
The group separately wrote Activision Blizzard Inc’s chief executive Robert Kotick, calling on him to reverse the company’s decision to ban a player who voiced support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.“You have said publicly that you want to work with China’s leaders to effect change rather than sit on the sidelines and yell at them. We, too, believe that diplomacy and trade can be democratising forces.
Critics said Apple acted after pressure from Beijing in a commentary in the Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper.
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