<s>
HKmap.live	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web	O
mapping	O
service	O
which	O
crowdsources	B-Application
and	O
tracks	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
protesters	O
and	O
police	O
in	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
launched	O
during	O
the	O
2019	O
–	O
2020	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
protests	O
and	O
gathers	O
reports	O
on	O
police	O
patrols	O
and	O
tear	O
gas	O
deployments	O
via	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
smartphone	B-Application
users	O
in	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
via	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
in	O
a	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
version	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
smartphone	B-Application
version	O
was	O
removed	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
gathers	O
reports	O
from	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
service	O
Telegram	B-Application
on	O
police	O
patrols	O
and	O
tear	O
gas	O
deployments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
via	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
version	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
removed	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
HKmap.live	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
submitted	O
to	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
on	O
21	O
September	O
2019	O
and	O
was	O
rejected	O
from	O
its	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
five	O
days	O
later	O
on	O
an	O
issue	O
regarding	O
payment	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
rejection	O
was	O
unfair	O
because	O
other	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
Waze	B-Application
help	O
drivers	O
avoid	O
traffic	O
cameras	O
and	O
police	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
Apple	O
was	O
assuming	O
that	O
HKmap.live	B-Application
users	O
would	O
break	O
the	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
reversed	O
its	O
decision	O
on	O
4	O
October	O
and	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
a	O
day	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
editorial	O
published	O
on	O
8	O
October	O
,	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Daily	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
mouthpiece	O
of	O
the	O
Central	O
Committee	O
of	O
the	O
Chinese	O
Communist	O
Party	O
,	O
argued	O
that	O
Apple	O
endorsed	O
and	O
protected	O
"	O
rioters	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
2019	O
–	O
2020	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
protests	O
by	O
listing	O
the	O
app	O
on	O
its	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verna	O
Yu	O
of	O
The	O
Guardian	O
described	O
this	O
condemnation	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
by	O
China	O
to	O
force	O
foreign	O
companies	O
to	O
conform	O
to	O
its	O
views	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
recent	O
incident	O
where	O
state	O
broadcaster	O
China	O
Central	O
Television	O
and	O
Chinese	O
companies	O
cancelled	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
National	O
Basketball	O
Association	O
after	O
Houston	O
Rockets	O
general	O
manager	O
Daryl	O
Morey	O
tweeted	B-Application
in	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
criticised	O
Apple	O
's	O
decision	O
on	O
Thursday	O
,	O
saying	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
"	O
solicit	O
,	O
promote	O
,	O
or	O
encourage	O
criminal	O
activity.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
,	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	O
app	O
under	O
the	O
Travel	O
category	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cegłowski	O
also	O
thought	O
that	O
double	O
standards	O
were	O
in	O
play	O
,	O
comparing	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
Waze	B-Application
,	O
which	O
similarly	O
allows	O
tracking	O
of	O
law	O
enforcement	O
but	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
