Apple Blocks Certain iPhone Apps in China
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Apple appears to be the latest US company to comply with Chinese censorship laws. According to the IDG News Service and PC World, at least five iPhone apps relating to the Dalai Lama and the Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer are unavailable in China’s App Store.
An Apple spokeswoman said that Apple will comply with local laws and that “[n]ot all apps are available in every country.” Companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo have also censored content in China. This has brought criticism from opponents of censorship, but the companies say that they must comply with China’s laws if they want to operate in the country.
IDG News said the banned apps generate inspirational quotes from the Dalai Lama or information about Nobel Peace Prize winners. Four out of five iPhones in the Apple store in Beijing did not return any results in the App Store when the term “Dalai” was searched (one iPhone did display the applications, for some reason).
Apple lets developers choose which countries that offer their apps, but it is unlikely that the developers of the banned apps didn’t want them to be available in China. The designer of the Dalai Lama quotes app said he did not know that his app was not available in China.
Via AFP.
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