Apple: We can promote freedom of expression in China as we block VPN apps


  • TECH
  • Friday, 24 Nov 2017

After inquiries from the US Senate, Apple has explained its rationale for why it cooperates with the Chinese government's demands for censorship: The company wants to engage with Beijing in hopes its authoritarian government will one day see the benefits of freedom of expression. 

For Apple, it's perhaps a tactic just crazy enough to work. 

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