Apple to publicly disclose app takedown requests from govts
Apple will soon start publicly disclosing foreign government requests to remove apps from the App Store, the company pledged in its biannual transparency reports. The requests will relate to "alleged violations of legal and/or policy provisions". In the second half of 2017, the company received 29,718 government requests to access 309,362 devices, while data was provided in 79% of cases.