<s>
Zapya	B-Operating_System
(	O
Chinese	O
:	O
快牙；	O
pinyin	O
:	O
kuai	O
ya	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
transfer	O
files	O
of	O
any	O
size	O
and	O
of	O
any	O
format	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
an	O
Internet	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
international	O
user	O
base	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
a	O
reasonable	O
size	O
,	O
Dewmobile	O
created	O
a	O
separate	O
application	O
known	O
as	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
to	O
publish	O
on	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Kuai	O
Ya	O
and	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
are	O
similar	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
they	O
include	O
different	O
APK	B-Application
and	O
features	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zapya	B-Operating_System
gained	O
popularity	O
in	O
countries	O
with	O
low	O
Internet	O
penetration	O
and	O
poor	O
Internet	O
architecture	O
because	O
it	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
files	O
without	O
relying	O
on	O
an	O
Internet	O
or	O
cellular	O
data	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
transfer	O
files	O
of	O
any	O
kind	O
and	O
any	O
size	O
for	O
free	O
using	O
a	O
transfer	O
method	O
similar	O
to	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
AirDrop	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
cellphone	O
stores	O
use	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
's	O
"	O
Phone	O
Replicate	O
"	O
feature	O
to	O
transfer	O
the	O
data	O
from	O
their	O
customers	O
 '	O
old	O
phones	O
to	O
their	O
new	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zapya	B-Operating_System
has	O
become	O
ingrained	O
in	O
Cuban	O
youth	O
culture	O
due	O
to	O
limited	O
Wi-Fi	O
access	O
in	O
Cuba	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miami	O
Herald	O
reported	O
on	O
11	O
July	O
2015	O
on	O
how	O
Cuban	O
tech	O
start-ups	O
use	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
to	O
overcome	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
internet	O
penetration	O
and	O
poor	O
Internet	O
architecture	O
in	O
Cuba	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
youth	O
of	O
Cuba	O
use	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
free	O
platform	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
their	O
friends	O
and	O
share	O
funny	O
videos	O
and	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
in	O
Cuba	O
has	O
only	O
grown	O
stronger	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
that	O
Cubans	O
have	O
coined	O
the	O
verb	O
"	O
zapyar	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
slang	O
term	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
sharing	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cachivache	O
Media	O
deemed	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
the	O
network	O
for	O
the	O
disconnected	O
"	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travelers	O
and	O
students	O
planning	O
to	O
study	O
abroad	O
in	O
Cuba	O
are	O
recommended	O
to	O
download	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
before	O
going	O
to	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
week	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
labeled	O
as	O
"	O
harming	O
other	O
applications	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
determined	O
that	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
deemed	O
harmful	O
by	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Policy	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dewmobile	O
issued	O
a	O
formal	O
apology	O
to	O
users	O
on	O
5	O
October	O
2019	O
and	O
urged	O
them	O
to	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
that	O
complied	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
Kuai	O
Ya	O
complies	O
with	O
Chinese	O
censorship	O
restrictions	O
,	O
both	O
it	O
and	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
are	O
banned	O
in	O
the	O
Chinese	O
autonomous	O
region	O
of	O
Xinjiang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
leaked	O
China	O
Cables	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
's	O
mass	O
surveillance	O
and	O
predictive-policing	O
program	O
Integrated	O
Joint	O
Operation	O
Platform	O
(	O
IJOP	O
)	O
had	O
flagged	O
1.8	O
million	O
users	O
with	O
Zapya	B-Operating_System
and	O
Kuai	O
Ya	O
on	O
their	O
phones	O
for	O
investigation	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
crackdown	O
on	O
Uyghur	O
Muslims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Instagram	B-Application
are	O
also	O
banned	O
in	O
Xinjiang	O
.	O
</s>
