{"id":9138,"date":"2019-10-19T03:38:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/several-lawmakers-call-apple-and-blizzard-in-joint-letter\/"},"modified":"2019-10-19T03:38:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T22:38:07","slug":"several-lawmakers-call-apple-and-blizzard-in-joint-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/10\/19\/several-lawmakers-call-apple-and-blizzard-in-joint-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Several lawmakers call Apple and Blizzard in joint letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dt-post-content\">\n<p>Several US lawmakers wrote Apple and Blizzard Entertainment this week to compose two partisan letters condemning the two companies&#39; recent decisions to calm down China.<\/p>\n<p>The first letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed &quot;strong concern&quot; regarding the decision to remove HKMap from the company&#39;s App Store. HKMap allows users to keep tabs on police occupation and has been utilized by Hong Kong activists in terms of democracy in ongoing discussions. Apple removed the app earlier this month, claiming it was being used for criminal activity. The developers of HKMap later said there was no evidence to support the claim.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;With tools like HKMap in the face of ruthless repression, we can share places where peaceful demonstrators can avoid peaceful demonstrators and avoid damage.&quot; \u201cThese cases [a] Real concern about whether Apple and other large US companies will devise increased demand in China without losing access to 1 billion Chinese consumers. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senators who cooperated with this letter were: Alexandria O Casio-Cottes (D-New York), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin), Senator Ron Widen (D-Oregon), Senator Ted Cruz (R- Texas), Senate Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senate Tom Malinowski (D-New Jersey).<\/p>\n<p>The second letter was approved by the same members of parliament and delivered to Robert Kotick, CEO of Blizzard parent company Activision Blizzard. Like the first letter, lawmakers criticized the company&#39;s recent decision, including a decision to ban competitors. <em>hearthstone <\/em>After expressing support for Hong Kong protesters<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2400211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2400211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-dt-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Several-lawmakers-call-Apple-and-Blizzard-in-joint-letter.jpg\" onerror=\"dti_load_error(this)\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2400211 dt-lazy-load dt-lazy-pending\" alt=\"Hearthstone Player Chung Ng Wai\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2400211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"text\">Hearthstone Player Chung Ng Wai<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lawmakers argue that \u201cthe company supports the right to express personal thoughts and opinions. &quot;Because your company is the pillar of the gaming industry, disappointing decisions can have a chilling impact on gamers who want to use the platform to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Other incidents not addressed in the letter but related to the company&#39;s criticism include Blizzard Entertainment&#39;s issuance of a ban to three college students for six months. <em>Heath stone<\/em> After the match, the trio players received a \u201cFree Hong Kong Boycott Blizz\u201d sign. The company also banned anyone who posted comments about Pro Hong Kong. <em>hearthstone <\/em>Switch chat.<\/p>\n<p>The protests began in opposition to the proposed Indian legislation in March and have since been expanded to include other complaints and demands for democracy.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h-editors-recs-title\">\n<p>\t\t\tEditors&#39; Picks\t\t<\/h4>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span id=\"publisher-md\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"url\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.dtcn.com\/dt\/dt-logo-small.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"0\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"0\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Digital Trends\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/icdn2.digitaltrends.com\/image\/digitaltrends\/aoc-and-ted-cruz.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several US lawmakers wrote Apple and Blizzard Entertainment this week to compose two partisan letters condemning the two companies&#39; recent decisions to calm down China. The first letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed &quot;strong concern&quot; regarding the decision to remove HKMap from the company&#39;s App Store. 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