Apple removes 25,000 ‘illegal’ apps from App Store in China

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At least 4,000 of these apps were tagged with the word “gambling,” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023805/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/apple-wipes-thousands-of-gambling-apps-after-china-media-attacks?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech&utm_content=tech">according to <em>Bloomberg</em></a>, while the 25,000 figure comes from state broadcaster CCTV. </p> <p id="efwbM5">“Gambling apps are illegal and not allowed on the App Store in China,” Apple said in an statement sent to <em>Bloomberg</em> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023805/https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-pulls-25-000-apps-from-china-app-store-following-state-media-criticism-1534731049"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a>. “We have already removed many apps and developers for trying to distribute illegal gambling apps on our App Store, and we are vigilant in our efforts to find these and stop them from being on the App Store.”</p> <div class="c-float-right"><aside id="hgORIl"><q>Apple frequently has to fall in line with Chinese authorities</q></aside></div> <p id="zq9k4k">“Apple itself has set up the rules on how to allow apps onto its store, but it didn’t follow that, resulting in the proliferation of bogus lottery apps and gambling apps,” <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> quoted CCTV as saying on Sunday.</p> <p id="3Dw1Wk">The move follows a period of increasingly <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023805/https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17642540/apple-chinese-telcos-reduce-spam-messages">negative state media coverage</a> of Apple in China, often accusing the company of not doing enough to combat illegal online activity. In the past, Apple has frequently had to take steps to fall in line with Chinese authorities, previously removing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023805/https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/29/16062172/apple-chinese-app-store-vpn-censorship-crackdown">apps for VPN services</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023805/https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/5/14175556/new-york-times-china-app-removed-apple"><em>The New York Times</em></a>.</p> <p id="rykpM9">The news of a mass removal of gambling apps isn’t surprising, then, but it’s a reminder of how American companies are forced to bend to the Chinese government’s rules if they want to do business in the country. 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