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Apple Censors Dalai Lama iPhone Apps In China

Posted by timothy on from the lend-me-a-thousand-garden-shears dept.

eldavojohn writes "Google and Yahoo! have relinquished any sort of ethical integrity with regards to free speech in China but Apple appears to be following suit by blocking Dalai Lama applications in the Chinese iPhone app store. An official Apple statement reads, 'We continue to comply with local laws. Not all apps are available in every country.' A small monetary price to pay for the economic boon that is the blooming Chinese cell phone market but a very large price to pay for that in principles."

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  1. lol first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ha! snagged it!

  2. Re:These are not American companies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The shares holders are and that all that matter.

    Also US of A is not America, it is the united states OF america.. you get it? USA is only a portion of America.
    I know it hard to belive, but the usa is realy just a portion of america. And america is, in turn, just a portion of the world!
    Shit just got lot bigger now..

    But +3 Patriotic. Go for it bro.

  3. a newer low.. masking oppression with anti-racism by decora · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i'm sure the political dissidents excuted in china, who had their organs harvested for the benefit party cronies, really appreciate your fight to end the horrible suffering cause by someone speaking broken english.