9 October

Which apps you can download from the App Store depends on the country or region set on your account, and Apple's 2025 transparency report reads that an app removed at a government's demand is removed only from that country or region. On 9 October 2019 (US time; CNN, using Hong Kong time, dates it 10 October), Apple removed HKmap.live, a crowd-sourced map app showing the locations of Hong Kong police, from the App Store, and Reuters reported that the removal was global. Apple's written statement to the media reads that it had verified with the Hong Kong police's Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau that the app had been used to target and ambush police, and that the app violated its guidelines and local laws. The developer replied on Twitter that there was no evidence for that accusation and that the removal was a political decision to suppress freedom and human rights in Hong Kong. The same transparency report lists apps removed at government demand in 2025 by country or region, with 196 in mainland China, 335 in Vietnam, 108 in South Korea, 54 in India, 25 in Japan and 1 in Hong Kong, and Taiwan does not appear on the list.