On August 11, 2021, three U.S. Senators, Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar and Marsha Blackburn, introduced a very important “antitrust” bill in the United States Congress:
Tell Apple: Especially in countries where the company has to comply with local censorship laws, and more generally worldwide, it should allow for direct download of apps from the open internet with the appropriate cryptographic safeguards. It should especially take note of the unavailability and censorship of LGBTQ+ community apps and the sensitivity of access during Pride Month, and take this step proactively and immediately.”
As LGBTQ+ people around the world celebrate Pride Month, new report from Fight for the Future and GreatFire shows how Apple’s App Store monopoly enables
To mitigate the harms of censorship, internet freedom organizations Fight for the Future (USA) and GreatFire (China) call on Apple to end the many abusive