Hong Kong protests: Apple pulls tracking app after China criticism

Creators of HKmap.Live accused Apple of ‘political decision to suppress freedom’ in Hong Kong

Apple has pulled an app that tracked the movements of Hong Kong police through crowdsourced data, after it became the latest company to be put under pressure by China this week.

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