China orders Apple to take WhatsApp, Telegram off iPhone App Store

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China is cracking down on foreign technology in the country, and is now targeting popular messaging apps on the Chinese App Store. Apple removed WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its China-based App Store on Friday after it was ordered to do so by the government over national security concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported. The messaging apps are commonly used in China, but can can only be accessed through virtual private networks (VPNs). Advertisement “We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree,” an Apple spokesperson told the Journal. Advertisement China’s...