[San Francisco 9th Reuters]-The US Apple <AAPL.O> has deleted the app that the demonstrators used in Hong Kong to grasp police movements from its app distribution service "Upstore" on the 9th. The app was used to attack police and allegedly violated the rules.
Apple initially did not allow the distribution of the map app “HKmap.live”, but it changed its policy last week and was available for download at the App Store.
In response to this, the People's Daily of the Communist Party's newspaper strongly accused Apple of leaving the “harmful” app open.
Apple explained in an announcement document on the 9th that there were inquiries about the app from "a lot of Hong Kong customers with concerns". He immediately began investigating the use of the app and found use that threatened law enforcement and Hong Kong residents.
Apple hasn't commented beyond the content of the announcement. The app developer says there are no comments on the removal at this time.
The Hong Kong police said there were no comments.
Reuters has confirmed that the app has been removed from the App Store worldwide, but users who have already downloaded it in Hong Kong can still use it. The web version can also be viewed on iPhone.
Developers of HKmap.live on the 8th, after the article of the People's Daily was published, about the app, information that can be obtained in other public applications such as "Telegram" used by demo participants It was said that it is only aggregated.