For immediate release – Friday 18 December 2020 Apple suppressing human rights critics, shareholders warn Apple has failed to enact the human rights policy it introduced in August, and has suppressed a shareholder proposal raising human rights concerns, according to a coalition of shareholders, campaigners,and Tibetan, Uyghur,and Hongkonger human rights defenders. The tech giant introduced...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4 September 2020 CONTACTS: Pema Doma, Students for a Free TIbet | [email protected] +1 (617) 792-3606 Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute | [email protected] +91-9882407365 Mandie McKeown, International Tibet Network | [email protected] +44 7748158618 Apple Issues Landmark New Human Rights Policy Following Pressure From Activists For the first time, Apple has issued a...
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing Technological Surveillance of Religion in China Speaker: Lobsang Gyatso Sither, Digital Security Program Director, Tibet Action Institute I would like to thank the commission for giving me the opportunity to testify on behalf of Tibetans inside Tibet whose voices are censored and surveilled. I am honored to be...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 22, 2020 CONTACT: Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute |+91 98824 07365 | [email protected] Technology Analysts, Developers, Journalists, and Activists Challenge Apple’s Complicity with Chinese Government Censorship The first-ever Worldwide Developers Against Apple Censorship Conference (WWDAACC) kicked off this morning, hacking questions on human rights & censorship for China’s App Store...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 18, 2020 CONTACT: Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute |+91 98824 07365 | [email protected] Pema Doma, Students for a Free Tibet | +1 617-792-3606 | [email protected] “Freedom of Expression Concert” & “Worldwide Developers Against Apple Censorship Conference” to Coincide with Apple’s Famed Developers Conference [New York / Dharamsala] – As Apple...
Read and share the letter to Phil Schiller—sent by a coalition of human rights, corporate accountability, and digital security organizations—calling on Apple to live up to its brand and stop enabling the Chinese government's censorship and surveillance.
Apple has a long history of censorship when it comes to information about Tibet. In 2009, it was revealed that several apps related to the Dalai Lama were not available in the China App Store. The developers of these apps were not notified that their apps were removed. When confronted with these instances of censorship, an Apple...
