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>"Beijing generally insists that companies are responsible for censoring content inside China. In Apple’s case, that would mean it would probably have to develo
by Intermernet 11y ago
>"Beijing generally insists that companies are responsible for censoring content inside China. In Apple’s case, that would mean it would probably have to develop a censorship system"
Does this mean that Apple currently don't have a censorship system, or that the censorship system they have is not nuanced enough to deal with the requirements laid down by the Chinese Government?
Apple state at http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html that:
>"Apple reserves the right to limit, in its sole discretion, the provision and quantity of any feature, product or service to any person or geographic area. Any offer for any feature, product or service made on the Site is void where prohibited. If you choose to access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws."
So it seems that they do do some vetting of information, and that this applies to everywhere, not just China. It's interesting that the "you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws" clause seems to be the bit that's different in China's case.
Who is correct? Apple states "you are solely responsible" while the Chinese government states "companies are responsible".
I presume this one of those grey areas in international law.
- icebraining 11y agoThose are the rights to access Apple's site (hosted outside of China), not their news app. And in any case, if the law says their are responsible, they are, unless the law specifically says they can transfer that responsibility to the user. The TOS is (usually, IANAL) worth nothing if the law conflicts with it.
- Intermernet 11y agoThanks, it's the only TOS I could find relating to Apple's online services so I assumed it applied to News, iTunes etc.
- icebraining 11y agoIn the preamble, it only seems to apply to the site itself. Since News is included in iOS, I assume it's part of its 410 page TOS: http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iOS9.pdf http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iOS9.pdf
- meric 11y agoChinese law makes it so companies cannot force their users to be solely responsible for complying with local laws. Any such clause in any agreement are probably voided by default. For Apple's products to be legally marketed in China, they must abide by Chinese laws.