Apple and Google bow to pressure in Russia to remove Kremlin critic’s tactical voting app
https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/17/apple-and-google-bow-to-pressure-in-russia-to-remove-kremlin-critics-tactical-voting-app/
Apple and Google have removed a tactical voting app created by the organization of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, from their respective mobile app stores in Russia.
Earlier this week Reuters reported that the Russian state had been amping up the pressure on foreign tech giants ahead of federal elections — appropriating the language of “election interference” to push US companies to censor the high profile political opponent to president Putin.
Apple and Google bow to pressure in Russia to remove Kremlin critic’s tactical voting app
Sep 17, 2021, 11:13am UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/17/apple-and-google-bow-to-pressure-in-russia-to-remove-kremlin-critics-tactical-voting-app/
> Apple and Google have removed a tactical voting app created by the organization of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, from their respective mobile app stores in Russia.
> Earlier this week Reuters reported that the Russian state had been amping up the pressure on foreign tech giants ahead of federal elections — appropriating the language of “election interference” to push US companies to censor the high profile political opponent to president Putin.