Apple reveals the government demands for App Store removals
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Apple published its transparency report for the 6 months ending in December 2018. It reveals for the first time the government requests Apple has received to remove apps from the App Store and the redacted national security letters dating back to 2016. It received 80 requests for legal violations from July to December 2018. A total of 770 applications were specified in the requests, 626 of which were from China.