Apple will soon start reporting government request for apps to be taken down from the App Store, the company said in its bi-annual transparency report issued recently.
You’re probably wondering why that’s important to you, right?
If Apple starts reporting these numbers, it would tell you exactly how often governments have tried to block certain apps from operating.
If Apple starts reporting these numbers, it would tell you exactly how often governments have tried to block certain apps from operating, and how many of those orders were actually taken up by Apple.
Of course, this doesn’t give you complete data on this subject, but with Apple’s massive user-base it’s still something. If a government does request Apple to take down an app from the App Store, it’s likely that the same app’s Android counterpart could also have been asked to be taken down.
If Apple starts reporting these numbers, it would tell you exactly how often governments have tried to block certain apps from operating.
On the other hand, Google doesn’t yet provide this data. So, you can’t find this information for apps that are available on Android only.
According to Apple’s report, governments around the world asked for information on 29718 devices over the past year and Apple provided data in 79 percent of the cases. Governments also asked for data on 3358 Apple accounts and the company complied with 82 percent of these requests.
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