Apple, accused of supporting China's censorship, is now facing new criticism

Protesters say Apple has kept tools that help circumvent censorship in China off its App store inside the country. Now it has to contend with pressure from Chinese citizens who aren’t happy about it.

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When a man hung banners on a Beijing overpass in October to protest the government, an army of censors wiped it from the Chinese internet. Some people got around that by using Apple’s AirDrop, which allows iPhones to communicate directly with other iPhones. It’s one of the few remaining ways to share information without censorship in China, or it was. NPR’s John Ruwitch reports on

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