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a commentary the newspaper did not mention the name of the
location app, but it decried what it said was Apple's complicity
in helping the protesters and questioned whether Apple was
"thinking clearly".
One such map that is available on the Apple app store, the
HKmap.live app, has become a lightning rod on Twitter for
criticism and support of the protests. The developer did not
immediately respond to a request for comment. On Saturday in a
tweet they said that Apple had "many business considerations"
but had "make thing(s) right."
Apple is the latest foreign company to catch heat in relation to
the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which have lasted four
months.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and U.S. sports brand
Vans also have become embroiled in controversies over the
protests.
The piece on the website of the People's Daily said Apple did
not have a sense of right and wrong, and ignored the truth.
Making the App available on Apple's Hong Kong app Store at this
time was "opening the door" to violent protesters in the former
British colony.
"Letting poisonous software have its way is a betrayal of the
Chinese people's feelings," the paper said.
Apple did not respond to a request for a comment.
(Reporting by Twinnie Siu in Hong Kong and Stephen Nellis in San
Franisco; Editing by Peter Henderson and David Gregorio)
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