{"id":519231,"date":"2022-12-01T02:21:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apples-cowardice-on-china-reveals-app-store-twitter-ban-as-pure-hypocrisy\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T02:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:21:15","slug":"apples-cowardice-on-china-reveals-app-store-twitter-ban-as-pure-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-cowardice-on-china-reveals-app-store-twitter-ban-as-pure-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple&#8217;s cowardice on China reveals app store Twitter ban as pure hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22ac7d9e524\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22ac7d9e524\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-cowardice-on-china-reveals-app-store-twitter-ban-as-pure-hypocrisy\/#%E2%80%9CApples_cowardice_on_China_reveals_app_store_Twitter_ban_as_pure_hypocrisy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Apple&#8217;s cowardice on China reveals app store Twitter ban as pure hypocrisy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CApples_cowardice_on_China_reveals_app_store_Twitter_ban_as_pure_hypocrisy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Apple&#8217;s cowardice on China reveals app store Twitter ban as pure hypocrisy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/china-protest-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Big Tech censorship has taken a dark turn. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le \u2014 the world\u2019s most valuable company \u2014 is using its enormous power to help China\u2019s brutal Communist regime suppress protests against Xi Jinping\u2019s insane \u201czero COVID\u201d policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As unrest simmered this month, the tech giant hobbled the use of its AirDrop tool <em>in China only<\/em>. The feature lets users share files on ad hoc local networks \u2014 with no way for the government to monitor it. <\/p>\n<p>Now that protests are in full swing despite the wide-ranging efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to stamp them out, the dissidents are missing a reliable, crucial means of secure communication. (Info is still flowing faster than the security forces can stop it out\u00a0\u2014 but they may be able trace things later.)<\/p>\n<p>Apple has no moral justification for its actions. Only an economic one: China plays a massive role in the company\u2019s supply chain and is its biggest product market outside the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The company\u2019s endless hokum about its respect for human rights? Hot air meant to appease woke bougie audiences in America and Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move also reveals the hypocrisy of Apple\u2019s alleged threat to boot <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> from its app store on the grounds that new CEO Elon Musk\u2019s push to free up speech on the platform somehow violates Apple\u2019s standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is beyond the pale. Apple is willing to defend its market value by co-operating with, quite literally, the world\u2019s most brutal regime in its efforts to crush a grassroots movement of protestors pushed to the breaking point. But allowing people to tweet things offensive to liberal pieties is worthy of its action?<\/p>\n<p>The left justifies speech-policing like Apple\u2019s by citing vague \u201charms\u201d that unhindered discourse purportedly cause.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to <em>actual <\/em>harms, i.e. the full might of China\u2019s vast security state being brought to bear on the brave souls challenging the CCP\u2019s power, there\u2019s only an appalling silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s as revealing as it is troubling.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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