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Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order (techcrunch.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a government order citing national Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads have been pulled from Apple's App Store in China following a government order citing national security concerns, Reuters reports.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have a problem with the government banning any apps, seems like a violation of the right to free speech.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In what context? Because it matters. Do you have an issue with government banning dangerous food? Do you have an issue with government banning batteries that are known to explode? Companies having to comply with safety/privacy regulations is in no way, shape, or form a violation of your free speech.

Government targeting a single company while giving carte blanche permission for others to continue their abusive behavior is a hypocrisy that nobody who cares about safety/privacy should tolerate.

There is a difference between:

Company has to follow privacy regulations or face a ban

Company is banned because we don't like the country that made it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you consider free speech to be an inalienable right for an entity to collect any data about you that they would like, regardless of whether you know they’re collecting that specific data?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Not at all. There should absolutely be GDPR of what data companies can collect. But apps should be forced to keep to the GDPR, not outright banned. And they certainly shouldn't be banned because of the country they are made in, or what users say on them. And I'm talking about apps in general, not just TikTok.