People in China used AirDrop to share protest images and evade censors. But a Nov. 9 update limited the feature in China. Now, Chinese pro-democracy activists are staging a hunger strike outside Apple's corporate HQ, calling on it to remove the limits.
some protesters held to criticize censorship and to convey their message without using slogans that could get them detained."This hunger strike is inspired by the white paper revolution," VK, one of the two hunger strikers, told Axios. "We have been waiting for this opportunity for 33 years after [the] Tiananmen massacre."
"Privacy and freedom of speech is the foundation of a democratic society," said VK, who is a Chinese national residing in California and requested to be identified by his nickname to protect his safety and that of his family and friends in China. "The world including American consumers are not happy that Apple has bowed down to the [Chinese Communist Party]."
VK and his fellow protester released an open letter on Monday calling on Apple to "improve worker conditions at the Foxconn facility, stop censoring the Chinese AppStore, restore AirDrop function on iPhone in China, condemn the mass incarceration of Uyghurs." VK said he also attended the protests at Bay Area universities over the past week and that a decentralized but growing network of activists has helped them prepare for their hunger strike.VK said they will drink only water and maintain the hunger strike for several days, or as long as they can safely do so without harming their health.
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