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Apple and Google join Putin’s KGB

By Tom Rogan
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Apple and Google join Putin’s KGB

Betraying their supposedly sacred commitment to human rights, Apple and Google bowed to Vladimir Putin’s oppression on Friday.

They did so by removing a so-called “Smart Voting” app from the Russian app stores. And they did it on the very same day that voting began in the Russian parliamentary (Duma) elections.

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Alexei Navalny Apple Big Tech Democracy Freedom of Speech Google Russia Vladimir Putin