CUPERTINO, Calif.—Graduate student Han Wang started a seven-day hunger strike at Apple headquarters on Dec. 5. He is urging the tech giant to revoke its AirDrop restrictions in mainland China, where “A4 protesters” are counting on the Bluetooth-based technique to evade the communist regime’s censorship. Axios reported that a Nov. 9 Apple iOS update restricted…
Student Holds Hunger Strike at Apple Headquarters to Protest AirDrop Restriction in China
Apple Needs to Be Held Accountable for Helping the CCP Obstruct Protesters: Author
Apple needs to be held accountable for obstructing Chinese citizens from using certain iPhone functions to talk, text, and share content ahead of the massive protests against Beijing’s harsh Zero-COVID policies, said Bradley Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy. “Apple has to answer for what it chose to do, to…
Apple’s China Contortions
December 5, 2022
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Commentary China has supposedly been good to Apple. A compliant workforce. Cheap wages. A mass market and unified regulatory structure. All fueled Apple’s explosive profits. Approximately 16 percent of smartphone shipments in China, the world’s biggest market for the technology, are iPhones. So when Beijing says jump, Apple jumps. The company is now limiting its…
Apple Restricted AirDrop Access Ahead of Chinese Protests
In the weeks leading up to the anti-government protests in China, Apple had restricted access to the popular file-sharing tool AirDrop. On Nov. 9, Apple published a new version of its mobile operating system to users everywhere: iOS 16.1.1. The tech firm noted that the “update includes bug fixes and security updates and is recommended…
United Airlines Flight Evacuated After Teen Uses AirDrop to Prank Other Passengers
A U.S. passenger plane was evacuated moments before taking off in California after a teenager sent a picture of an airsoft gun to other passengers traveling with the airline, according to reports. The teenager sent the unbefitting photo via Apple’s wireless communication service AirDrop—a featured service that allows either iOS and macOS users to transfer…
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