Google, Apple pull Hong Kong protest apps from online stores

Google has removed a game where users roleplay as Hong Kong protesters, a day after Apple pulled an app used by protesters to track police.

Apple has removed a crowdsourced service from its App Store allowing Hong Kong protesters to track police presence. Source: AAP

 

Google on Thursday removed from its online marketplace a mobile game that let people play as a Hong Kong protester, saying it violated a policy against cashing in on conflicts.

The move came after Apple removed an app criticised by China for allowing protesters in Hong Kong to track police, and as Beijing steps up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement.

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