Kinda wild Apple will kick ICEBlock out of the App Store on safety grounds but the Saudi government app that lets men track women (their “property”) and control their travel is fully allowed even after the Human Rights Watch AND members of the Senate begged them to ban it.
@film_girl @schwa Wow, I had not heard about this (even tho I later worked for Senator Wyden)!
It looks like the app is still there, but unclear if the travel control is still in effect.
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/apple-and-google-accused-of-helping-enforce-gender-apartheid-by-hosting-saudi-government-app-that-tracks-women-and-stops-them-leaving-the-country/
Apple and Google accused of helping 'enforce gender apartheid' by hosting Saudi government app that tracks women and stops them leaving the country - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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@b_cavello @schwa it is. The app is a function of the government website explicitly setup to to just this thing. This just helps them digitize the tracking and travel permissions 🫠
@film_girl @schwa Yuck. Thank you for the added context!