Roskomnadzor told Apple that the program contained “information materials from an organization whose activities in Russia are recognized as undesirable.”
Apple, at the request of Roskomnadzor, removed the Svoboda application from the Russian AppStore with the content of the Russian service and its projects Sibir.Realii and Sever.Realii. Radio Soboda reported this.
It is noted that Roskomnadzor informed Apple that the program contains “informational materials of an organization whose activities in Russia are recognized as undesirable.”
The Freedom app is still available on the AppStore for other countries.
The application for devices with the Android operating system in Russia is available on the Google Play website, you can also download the .apk file directly on the Svoboda website.
It was also found that Apple hid from Russian user applications the Russian BBC service Podcasts, as well as The Insider and Echo of Moscow podcasts, which published recordings of programs political and unrelated to the closed radio station of the same name.
In October, Apple, at the request of Roskomnadzor, removed from its store the application of the Segodnya TV channel, created by the media corporation Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with the participation of Voice of America.
As a reminder, Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads apps from Meta Platforms from its Chinese App Store. The reason was an order from the Chinese government, citing national security reasons.
It was previously reported that Apple, Google and Meta face fines of 10% of revenue due to new legislation aimed at limiting the influence of large technology companies. The EU has launched a massive investigation into these companies.
Source: korrespondent
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