Apple Bans 25,000 Illegal Gambling Apps in China

Apple has reportedly removed 25,000 gambling apps from its App Store in China that flouted the local Internet policies.

In a argument given to The Wall Street Journal on Monday, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker said "gambling apps are illegal and not allowed on the App Store in Prc".

"We take already removed many apps and developers for trying to distribute illegal gambling apps on our App Store, and we are vigilant in our efforts to find these and end them from being on the App Store," Apple added.

The company, which recently touched the $i-trillion mark, reacted after Cathay'southward land broadcaster CCTV, defendant the tech giant of not doing enough to screen out gambling and other illegal apps.

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"Apple established its ain rules for assuasive apps on to its shop but did not respect them itself, resulting in a proliferation of fake lottery apps and gambling apps," the Financial Times reported, quoting a CCTV statement.

Apple last year removed apps for virtual private network (VPN) services in China, used to circumvent Beijing's censorship tools likewise as hundreds of other apps, including Skype.

Amidst heightened trade tensions between the United states and Cathay, tech giant Apple tree in July joined hands with its suppliers to launch a $300 million clean free energy fund in Mainland china.

The "Prc Clean Free energy Fund" will invest in and develop clean-free energy projects totalling more than than 1 gigawatt of renewable free energy in China, the equivalent of powering near 1 million homes, Apple said in a argument.

Apple in 2017 announced it would invest nearly $500 million in China to build two new R&D centres in Shanghai and Suzhou.

In September 2016, Apple opened its first Cathay R&D middle in Beijing's Zhongguancun Science Park, oft referred to as "China's Silicon Valley".