Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in Belarus
Here is a source in Russian [0] saying that Apple is asking Telegram to remove messages that de-anonymize Belorussian police members, rather than blocking channels outright. I don&#x27;t know whether their source is reliable, but here is the relevant snippet (google translate):<p>&gt; Apple says it didn’t require any channels to be removed. But they demanded to immediately remove any information that discloses someone&#x27;s data on the Internet without the consent of these persons, as well as content aimed at specific people in accordance with the rules of the App Store.<p>This refers to the efforts of the Belorussian opposition to &#x27;unmask&#x27; members of the riot police by posting their personal details online. Without going into the moral weeds, from the terms-of-service point of view that&#x27;s basically griefing, no?<p>So this is a very curious quandary Apple finds itself in. Let&#x27;s assume that griefing Belorussian law enforcement is a good thing. But at the same time griefing people (regardless of whether they are bad&#x2F;good&#x2F;chaotic neutral) is against the TOS.<p>So what do you do if you are Apple?<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tjournal.ru&#x2F;tech&#x2F;221326-apple-zayavila-chto-ne-trebovala-udalit-telegram-kanaly-i-rasskazala-o-sodeystvii-so-storony-durova" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tjournal.ru&#x2F;tech&#x2F;221326-apple-zayavila-chto-ne-trebo...</a>