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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by threatofrain on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:42AM (#24737535)
Apple operates in Belarus and must respond to the pressures of the government. Americans would find it intrusive if Apple was strong enough to tell the US govt to back off.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by Sargos on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:11AM (#24737871)
> Americans would find it intrusive if Apple was strong enough to tell the US govt to back off.

Are you sure? I remember people backing Apple when they were protecting users phones from FBI hacking.

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by threatofrain on Saturday October 10, 2020 @01:34PM (#24740467)
I don't think Apple has the strength to tell the US government to back off, and I don't think Americans think so either. When Apple goes through the American legal system, that's the power of the American judiciary.

But Belarus?

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by marketingPro on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:48AM (#24738605)
That was the marketing, not reality.

The reality was their phone did get "hacked" and Apple participated in PRISM.

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by deathgrips on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:07AM (#24737635)
Americans have the right to tell the government to back off when the government breaks the law. We shouldn't hold everyone to the same low standard as Belarus.
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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by saagarjha on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:45AM (#24737553)
Apple has tried in the past, of course. I believe the policy they say they take is “we respect the law in the country we operate in”. It’s not clear if this was something that the law mandated; if it wasn’t to be morally consistent they should have pushed back like they have in the US.
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