<s>
Censorship	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
iTunes	I-Application
Store	I-Application
refers	O
to	O
external	O
attempts	O
at	O
blocking	O
access	O
to	O
digital	O
content	O
distributed	O
through	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sentiments	O
were	O
also	O
expressed	O
over	O
other	O
apps	O
:	O
"	O
What	O
is	O
unclear	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
how	O
the	O
Classification	O
Board	O
will	O
classify	O
apps	O
that	O
are	O
n't	O
necessarily	O
games	O
like	O
Grindr	B-Application
,	O
an	O
app	O
for	O
gay	O
users	O
which	O
uses	O
 [ GPS ] 	O
to	O
find	O
nearby	O
males	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
China	O
App	O
Store	O
was	O
affected	O
by	O
connection-level	O
censorship	O
until	O
an	O
unknown	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
when	O
Apple	O
enabled	O
a	O
HTTPS-by-default	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Searches	O
for	O
'	O
VPN	B-Application
 '	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
would	O
cause	O
the	O
connection	O
to	O
be	O
reset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
apps	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
bypass	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Firewall	I-Application
and	O
access	O
restricted	O
sites	O
in	O
China	O
were	O
also	O
removed	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
application	I-Application
bundled	O
with	O
iOS	O
9	O
is	O
disabled	O
in	O
China	O
for	O
all	O
users	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
all	O
contents	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
articles	O
already	O
downloaded	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
to	O
read	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
iBooks	B-Application
and	O
iTunes	O
Movies	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
China	O
since	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
were	O
both	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
China	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
less	O
than	O
seven	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
