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Apple Disclosed 2,045 Government App Takedowns, and Russia Accounts for More Than Half
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Apple Disclosed 2,045 Government App Takedowns, and Russia Accounts for More Than Half

Mike Peterson · Posted 28 minutes ago

Apple’s own App Store Transparency Report lists 2,045 apps removed worldwide at the request of governments, with Russia responsible for more than half of that total on its own. The figures come from Apple’s legal site, not from a leak or a rival’s estimate, and Apple frames every removal as limited to the country whose…

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