https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/09/apple-riles-up-chinas-ire-over-app-that-tracks-hong-kong-police/

As pro-democracy demonstrators continue to clash with police in Hong Kong, Apple has found itself caught up in the sights of China’s government due to an app being used to track police activity against protesters.

The Chinese state-run People’s Daily news outlet on Wednesday called Apple an “accomplice” of the demonstrators because it has allowed an app called HKmap.live to be available on its App Store. The app has been used by protesters to crowdsource and constantly update information about the location of police so that those demonstrators can then avoid confrontations on Hong Kong’s streets. Apple originally rejected the app, but then changed its decision on Oct. 4 and allowed the app to go live on its App Store.