Apple will start reporting government requests to remove apps from the App Store

guest · May 26, 2018

Apple will start reporting government requests to remove apps from the App Store
May 25, 2018
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/25/17396512/apple-transparency-report-app-takedown-requests

Apple issued (Edit: See below) one of its bi-annual transparency reports today, and apart from the usual numbers on account takedown requests, the company issued a statement saying that it’ll soon start reporting government requests to take down apps from the App Store. These requests will relate to alleged legal and / or policy provision violations, Apple says.

These numbers will tell us just how often governments are trying to block access to certain apps, and how many of those orders are actually obeyed. Google doesn’t yet report these numbers specifically for the Play Store. I’d be interested to know why the requests were filed and what apps were affected, but Apple hasn’t said if it’ll call apps out by name.
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Transparency Report (July 1 - December 31, 2017): https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/transparency/requests-2017-H2-en.pdf

Matters of note for future reports
Starting with the Transparency Report period July 1 - December 31 2018, Apple will report on Government requests to take down Apps from the App Store in instances related to alleged violations of legal and/or policy provisions.
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guest · Jul 3, 2019

Apple reveals App Store takedown demands by governments
July 2, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/02/apple-app-government-takedowns/

For the first time, Apple has published the number of requests it’s received from governments to take down apps from its app store.
In its latest transparency report published Tuesday, the tech giant said it received 80 requests from 11 countries to remove 634 apps from its localized app stores during July 1 and December 31, 2018.

Apple didn’t list the apps that were removed but noted in most cases why the apps were pulled. China made up the bulk of the requests, seeking to remove 517 apps claiming they violated its gambling and pornography laws. Vietnam and Austria also requested the takedown of several apps which violated its gambling laws, while Kuwait asked Apple to pull some apps that fell foul of its privacy laws.
Apple said it will in a future transparency report — slated for mid-2020 — will report on appeals received in response to government demands to remove apps from the company’s localized app stores.
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The tech giant also for the first time posted several national security letters it received permission to publish.
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mirimir · Jul 4, 2019

This is why the Apple "trust me" model doesn't work for me.

I can install anything I like on my Linux machines.

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