Apple said that they took down several chat apps from the Chinese App Store. These apps include Telegram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Signal. Apple reportedly took these apps off of China’s App Store because they were unsafe.
After the US banned TikTok and asked China to take it down from US app stores or sell it to a US owner for “security reasons,” this happened not long after.
Joe Biden asked ByteDance to decide within twelve months whether to sell or remove the app, and he said that if they didn’t, he would pass a bill banning it. They are still trying to get this case passed, and the House could do it as soon as next week.
Apple stated, “Even if we don’t agree with the laws, we have to follow them in the countries where we do business.” “Because of concerns for national security, the Cyberspace Administration of China ordered that these apps be taken down from the China storefront,” they said.
Recently, there has been a lot of trouble between the US and China. To get out of China, the US has been looking at other countries to make things. This has been seen when big U.S. companies meet with officials from other countries to talk about making deals for their goods.
Even though Threads and WhatsApp aren’t as popular in China as WeChat, taking away these apps will make it much harder for people in China to talk to people in other countries.
