<story><title>Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pipio21</author><text>Just common sense, given that the China gobertment has made usage of VPNs illegal.&lt;p&gt;What do you expect?&lt;p&gt;People in China could continue using app store accounts created in other countries as usual.&lt;p&gt;And most educated people continue using VPNs too. Normal people are becoming experts in encription, security...&lt;p&gt;It worries me more that countries like the UK and the US want to follow China, in that order.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>humanrebar</author><text>I expect Apple to respect universal human rights regardless of the context. Freedom of speech is foundational.&lt;p&gt;And this isn&amp;#x27;t a China-vs-the-West thing. The idea that people deserve and need to be able to communicate freely predates the current governments of both China and the U.S.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pipio21</author><text>Just common sense, given that the China gobertment has made usage of VPNs illegal.&lt;p&gt;What do you expect?&lt;p&gt;People in China could continue using app store accounts created in other countries as usual.&lt;p&gt;And most educated people continue using VPNs too. Normal people are becoming experts in encription, security...&lt;p&gt;It worries me more that countries like the UK and the US want to follow China, in that order.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eternalban</author><text>UK is the surveillance capital of this planet [1]. PM May expressed readiness to &amp;quot;tear up Human Rights&amp;quot;[2]. UK is the enabler of Chinese CP leadership, not a follower.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;nov&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;extreme-surveillance-becomes-uk-law-with-barely-a-whimper&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;nov&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;extreme-survei...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;politics&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;theresa-may-rip-up-human-rights-laws-impede-new-terror-legislation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;politics&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;theresa-may...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>