<s>
Censorship	B-Operating_System
by	I-Operating_System
Apple	I-Operating_System
refers	O
to	O
Apple	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
removal	O
,	O
omission	O
,	O
or	O
disruption	O
of	O
the	O
spread	O
of	O
content	O
or	O
information	O
from	O
its	O
services	O
or	O
subsidiaries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
and	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
(	O
iOS	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
company	O
policies	O
,	O
legal	O
demands	O
,	O
or	O
various	O
government	O
censorship	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
policy	O
of	O
censoring	O
profanity	B-Protocol
in	O
song	O
titles	O
on	O
iTunes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
Scunthorpe	B-Application
glitch	I-Application
,	O
by	O
which	O
inoffensive	O
titles	O
are	O
censored	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
coincidental	O
string	O
of	O
letters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
remove	O
this	O
content	O
sparked	O
other	O
major	O
technology	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
into	O
removing	O
InfoWars	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
Apple	O
rejected	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
"	O
Newspapers	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
that	O
let	O
users	O
read	O
content	O
from	O
50+	O
newspapers	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
including	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
France	O
's	O
Le	O
Monde	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
tabloid	O
The	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
3.0	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
application	O
,	O
of	O
similar	O
nature	O
to	O
'	O
Newspapers	O
 '	O
,	O
called	O
'	O
Eucalyptus	O
 '	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
e-books	O
to	O
their	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
though	O
was	O
rejected	O
by	O
Apple	O
because	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
e-books	O
that	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
downloaded	O
was	O
the	O
Kama	O
Sutra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
has	O
Playboy	O
and	O
Sports	O
Illustrated	O
adult-rated	O
apps	O
that	O
have	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
removed	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
apps	O
by	O
others	O
were	O
removed	O
citing	O
adult	O
content	O
which	O
has	O
resulted	O
in	O
accusations	O
of	O
hypocrisy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
adult	O
sites	O
continue	O
to	O
market	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
Europe	O
's	O
largest	O
newspaper	O
,	O
German	O
tabloid	O
Bild	O
,	O
removed	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
version	O
of	O
its	O
print	O
edition	O
at	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
Apple	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
it	O
had	O
to	O
modify	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
applications	O
–	O
like	O
in	O
the	O
Stern	O
case	O
because	O
of	O
nudity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
an	O
informational	O
magazine	O
about	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
OS	O
from	O
the	O
Danish	O
publisher	O
Mediaprovider	O
was	O
not	O
allowed	O
in	O
the	O
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workers	O
at	O
the	O
fashion	O
magazine	O
Dazed	O
&	O
Confused	O
have	O
nicknamed	O
their	O
iPad	B-Device
edition	O
the	O
"	O
Iran	O
edition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
called	O
Baby	O
Shaker	O
was	O
approved	O
for	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
then	O
later	O
removed	O
due	O
to	O
complaints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
Trent	O
Reznor	O
of	O
the	O
rock	B-Application
band	I-Application
Nine	O
Inch	O
Nails	O
announced	O
,	O
via	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
,	O
that	O
Apple	O
had	O
rejected	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
Nine	O
Inch	O
Nails	O
application	O
due	O
to	O
"	O
objectionable	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
Ted	O
Lando	O
's	O
eBook	O
app	O
"	O
Take	O
Control	O
of	O
iPhone	B-Device
OS	O
3	O
"	O
was	O
rejected	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
not	O
permitted	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
until	O
all	O
references	O
to	O
jailbreaking	O
were	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Apple	O
banned	O
a	O
game	O
called	O
Phone	B-Application
Story	I-Application
that	O
explored	O
the	O
ethical	O
challenges	O
of	O
smartphone	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
including	O
conflict	O
minerals	O
,	O
environmental	O
waste	O
,	O
and	O
troubled	O
labor	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Josh	O
Begley	O
created	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
that	O
sent	O
out	O
a	O
push	B-General_Concept
notification	I-General_Concept
whenever	O
a	O
U.S.	O
military	O
UAV	O
struck	O
a	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
HiddenApps	O
was	O
approved	O
and	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
tech	O
education	O
startup	O
called	O
Treehouse	O
claimed	O
that	O
Apple	O
had	O
refused	O
to	O
let	O
them	O
release	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
that	O
contained	O
lessons	O
about	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
game	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
centered	O
around	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
a	O
border	O
checkpoint	O
,	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
iPad	B-Device
in	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
developer	O
Lucas	O
Pope	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
remove	O
some	O
pixelated	O
nudity	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
full-body	O
scanner	O
to	O
be	O
allowed	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
devices	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
,	O
Pope	O
was	O
permitted	O
to	O
upload	O
a	O
full	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
including	O
pixelated	O
nudity	O
in	O
an	O
apparent	O
reversal	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
rated	O
17+	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
the	O
France	O
Musique	O
application	O
from	O
its	O
App	B-Application
store	I-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
airing	O
of	O
"	O
inappropriate	O
content	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
podcast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
podcast	O
application	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
again	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
17+	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
that	O
was	O
written	O
about	O
the	O
incident	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
reason	O
was	O
because	O
"	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
videos	O
show	O
how	O
to	O
hack	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
devices	I-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recordings	O
are	O
publicly	O
available	O
and	O
are	O
hosted	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
app	I-General_Concept
still	O
allows	O
playback	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
on	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
devices	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
banned	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Binding	I-Application
of	I-Application
Isaac	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rebirth	I-Application
from	O
appearing	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
due	O
to	O
its	O
cartoon	O
depictions	O
of	O
violence	O
towards	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
Telegram	B-Application
and	O
Telegram	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
encrypted	O
messaging	O
applications	O
made	O
by	O
Telegram	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
LLP	I-Application
,	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
due	O
to	O
content	O
deemed	O
inappropriate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
removed	O
Infowars	O
app	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
September	O
2018	O
citing	O
content	O
that	O
violated	O
their	O
policy	O
against	O
indecent	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
the	O
Tumblr	B-Application
app	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
due	O
to	O
Tumblr	B-Application
's	O
failure	O
to	O
filter	O
child	O
pornography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tumblr	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
known	O
child	O
pornography	O
to	O
automatically	O
detect	O
and	O
remove	O
child	O
pornography	O
from	O
their	O
website	O
,	O
however	O
they	O
found	O
evidence	O
of	O
images	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
present	O
on	O
Tumblr	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
ban	O
,	O
Tumblr	B-Application
removed	O
the	O
instances	O
of	O
child	O
pornography	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
moved	O
to	O
ban	O
all	O
pornographic	O
material	O
on	O
their	O
platform	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
the	O
HKmap.live	B-Application
app	O
from	O
its	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HKMap	B-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
locations	O
of	O
protests	O
and	O
police	O
in	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
forced	O
Facebook	B-Application
to	O
remove	O
a	O
message	O
informing	O
users	O
that	O
Apple	O
took	O
a	O
30%	O
cut	O
of	O
all	O
fees	O
for	O
paid	O
online	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
notification	O
was	O
against	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
policy	O
on	O
"	O
irrelevant	O
"	O
information	O
,	O
a	O
position	O
Facebook	B-Application
disagreed	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Apple	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
removed	O
the	O
Navalny	O
app	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Play	O
Store	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
are	O
instances	O
of	O
censorship	O
and	O
information	O
control	O
imposed	O
by	O
Apple	O
in	O
App	B-Application
Stores	I-Application
other	O
than	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Apple	O
restricted	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
of	O
the	O
flag	O
of	O
the	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
on	O
devices	O
used	O
in	O
mainland	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
removes	O
VPNs	B-Application
from	O
the	O
Chinese	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
and	O
stay	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
restrictions	O
on	O
sending	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
Taiwan	O
"	O
or	O
sending	O
an	O
emoji	B-Application
representing	O
the	O
flag	O
of	O
Taiwan	O
on	O
iDevices	B-Operating_System
using	O
a	O
Chinese	O
country	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
or	O
language	O
settings	O
caused	O
the	O
devices	O
to	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
apps	O
from	O
the	O
Chinese	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
content	O
forbidden	O
by	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
apps	O
gave	O
users	O
access	O
to	O
virtual	B-Application
private	I-Application
networks	I-Application
that	O
could	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
circumvent	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Firewall	I-Application
of	I-Application
China	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
a	O
Quran	O
app	O
and	O
a	O
Bible	O
app	O
from	O
the	O
China	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
Beijing	O
Sitong	O
Bridge	O
protest	O
,	O
Apple	O
release	O
an	O
update	O
which	O
started	O
to	O
limit	O
AirDrop	B-Operating_System
function	O
on	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
purchased	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
resulting	O
the	O
receiving	O
from	O
"	O
Everyone	O
"	O
option	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
Everyone	O
for	O
10	O
minutes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
the	O
TaiwanPlus	O
app	O
from	O
the	O
China	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
Apple	O
removed	O
many	O
Iranian	O
apps	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
citing	O
U.S.	O
sanctions	O
placed	O
on	O
Iran	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Apple	O
has	O
neither	O
stores	O
in	O
Iran	O
nor	O
specific	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
the	O
country	O
,	O
Iranian	O
citizens	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
access	O
to	O
Apple	O
products	O
and	O
content	O
from	O
external	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
blocked	O
the	O
Telegram	B-Application
app	I-Application
in	O
Iran	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
concerns	O
that	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
encrypted	O
messaging	O
service	O
presented	O
a	O
threat	O
to	O
Iranian	O
national	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
played	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
censorship	O
of	O
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
an	O
encrypted	O
messaging	O
app	O
used	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interested	O
in	O
surveying	O
the	O
encrypted	O
messages	O
,	O
the	O
Russian	O
government	O
demanded	O
Telegram	B-Application
provide	O
decryption	O
keys	O
to	O
their	O
Federal	O
Security	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Telegram	B-Application
refused	O
,	O
the	O
Russian	O
Government	O
threatened	O
Apple	O
with	O
legal	O
repercussions	O
if	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
block	O
Telegram	B-Application
from	O
the	O
Russian	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
eliminate	O
the	O
push	B-General_Concept
notification	I-General_Concept
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
of	O
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
Pavel	O
Durov	O
,	O
has	O
publicly	O
claimed	O
Apple	O
has	O
restricted	O
Telegram	B-Application
users	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
from	O
updating	O
their	O
app	O
;	O
an	O
action	O
that	O
could	O
cause	O
problems	O
for	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
ability	O
to	O
meet	O
regulations	O
.	O
</s>
