The decision follows a mandate from government authorities.
The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission sent letters to Google and Apple requesting the removal of Binance apps from their respective app stores.
Apple on Friday said it has pulled WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram from the App Store in China.
Apple says the app was banned because it was a knockoff, and the developer of the original app is more upset with the company than the copycat developer.
The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stepped up its ongoing regulatory crackdown, ordering Google and Apple to remove Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, from their respective app stores. This follows earlier regulatory actions against the exchange’s operations in the Asian country. Binance Faces Escalating Legal Challenges According to a recent CNBC report, […]
China has forced Apple to ban WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram in the country's App Store.
The removal of these foreign platforms—which were already largely inaccessible in China—will make it more difficult for users to circumvent existing restrictions, such as by using VPNs.
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Apple said it was obliged to remove the apps after an order from China's internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Apple has removed apps from the App Store that claimed to make nonconsensual nude imagery, a move that demonstrates Apple is now more willing to tackle the hazardous app category. App Store icon The capabilities of generative AI to create images based on prompts has become a very useful tool in photography and design. However, the technology also has been misused in the creation of deep fakes -- and nonconsensual pornography. Despite the danger, Apple has been remarkably hands-off...
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According to Testut, iGBA was a knockoff of GBA4iOS, which he developed while still in high school. Testut expressed frustration that Apple approved the clone (despite it being filled with ads and trackers) while his own app had been stuck in the approval process for well over a month.Read Entire Article