"Chinese internet users have for years sought to get around the so-called "Great Firewall" restrictions, including blocks on Facebook and Twitter, by using foreign VPN services. "If other companies follow Apple's lead, it could soon be much harder for people in China to access information freely online," Amnesty International said in a blog post. "They are not doing well in China, and ticking off the leaders would certainly not help. "Apple and Chinese censors will ultimately "face a barrage of pressures" from each other and from technology users in China, US-based internet rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said in an online post. "But if China pushes its censorship system too hard, it will have to face the growing frustrations of its own elite.

Source: Economic Times August 06, 2017 05:48 UTC