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Apple and Google join Putin’s KGB

By Tom Rogan
Published September 17, 2021 5:09pm ET
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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. Created by the Russian […]

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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