Chinese state media attacked Apple<\/a>, accusing the US-based company of failing to protect its citizens from apps that contained gambling and pornography. The state television network singled out the Chinese App Store for facilitating the distribution of illegal online lottery apps disguised as innocuous programs.<\/p>\nThis was despite the company\u2019s claims that it operates a robust compliance policy with the jurisdictions in which it does business, leading some to wonder whether the Chinese government was targeting Apple as part of the escalating trade war with Washington.<\/p>\n
Apple depends on China for roughly one fifth of its revenue, and a crackdown on Apple products by Beijing would be a huge hit for the company. It seems, though, that in this instance, state media\u2019s complaints were genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Google and Apple have purged a slew of \u201cchameleon\u201d gambling apps from their stores, many of which were aimed at the illegal Chinese market and disguised as applications offering anything from weather-trackers to entertainment content. Cybersecurity company Trend Micro said Thursday it had uncovered \u201chundreds\u201d of such apps \u2013 some of which were included in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":115966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Google, Apple Delete 100s of Disguised Chinese-Facing Gambling Apps<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n