Friday, September 17, 2021

Human rights advocates decry Apple, Google decision to pull Navalny app as Russia voting begins


Apple and Google removed an opposition voting app from their online stores Friday just as balloting began in Russia’s parliamentary election, bowing to pressure from President Vladimir Putin’s censorship office in a move digital rights activists blasted as Silicon Valley’s latest act of capitulation to an authoritarian government. The app, built by associates of jailed […]

source https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/human-rights-advocates-decry-apple-google-decision-to-pull-navalny-app-as-russia-voting-begins/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_technology

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