Apple Users in China can no longer use Skype!
Apple on Tuesday, 22 November removed several applications, including the internet phone call and messaging service, Skype from its app store. The decision was made after the country’s government pointed to violation of local laws. The authorities said that this action is designed to protect privacy of the information and avoid online terrorist activities. Foreign tech rules along with the businesses operating in the country said internet rules are too strict and could also affect their local operations. An Apple spokeswoman told the authorities that “We have been notified by the Ministry of Public Security that a number of voice over internet protocol applications don’t comply with the local law. Therefore, we are removing these apps from the app store in China”. Apart from Alphabet’s Google, Facebook and Twitter, Skype is the latest addition to the list of internet platform that have become inaccessible to the users in China. Adding that the disruption started in Octobe