Apple Withdraws NY Times App From Its Store In China; Not A Good News For Readers
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China has many times censored several US based websites and newspapers, and there is no doubt in this fact. However, it has recently focused its attention towards the New York Times app.
According to The Reuters, the Government has recently asked the tech giant, Apple, to remove its English language as well as Chinese language NY Times app from its iTunes store. Apple has also paid heed to the request and has withdrawn the newspaper app on December 23, 2016.
As per one of the Apple spokesperson, the NY Times was not able to display news and contents to several users across China. However, the company was recently informed about violation of a local regulation. Due to this situation, the company was asked to withdraw the app from its app store in China.
But there's a bright side to this news. The spokesperson also added that the NY Times is likely to return and the app can be downloaded,once the situation is in control. Even though Apple has mentioned about violation of several local regulations, it has refused to comment on what rules were broken.
The western media have long been facing issues related to violation of content rules and the latest to join in this bandwagon is the New York Times app. Several western media sites are either permanently blocked or temporarily blocked.
As per The New York Times, it has asked the tech biggie, Apple to reconsider their decision. According to the newspaper's spokesperson Eileen Murphy, "The request by the Chinese authorities to remove our apps is part of their wider attempt to prevent readers in China from accessing independent news coverage by The New York Times of that country, coverage which is no different from the journalism we do about every other country in the world."
Interestingly, users who are registered to the Appl store apart from the Chinese one still have access to the apps. Users can also have access to apps from other media sites such as CNN, Reuters, BBC and more.
