{"id":79379,"date":"2026-04-06T06:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=79379"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:16:32","slug":"apple-pulls-down-jack-dorseys-bitchat-messaging-service-from-chinas-app-store-for-containing-illegal-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=79379","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pulls Down Jack Dorsey&#8217;s Bitchat Messaging Service From China&#8217;s App Store For Containing &#8216;Illegal&#8217; Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Apple <\/strong>has delisted the <strong>Bitchat <\/strong>messaging service from China\u2019s App Store on orders from authorities, <strong>Block<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Inc.\u00a0<\/strong>(NYSE:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/XYZ\">XYZ<\/a>) CEO <strong>Jack Dorsy<\/strong> revealed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China Censors Bitchat<\/h2>\n<p>Dorsey posted Apple\u2019s notification that the app was taken down after the Cyberspace Administration of China alleged it contained \u201cillegal\u201d content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApps must comply with all legal requirements in any location where you make them available,\u201d the notification read. \u201cWe know this stuff is complicated, but it is your responsibility to understand and make sure your app conforms with all local laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple added that the app remains available in other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Apple<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/03\/51243620\/apple-slashes-app-store-fees-in-china-to-dodge-massive-antitrust-probe\"> slashed App Store fees<\/a> for developers in China earlier this month amid increasing regulatory pressure in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51652015\/apple-pulls-jack-dorsey-linked-bitchat-china-app-store-illegal-content?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Apple\" pulls down jack dorsey bitchat messaging service from china app store for containing content>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has delisted the Bitchat messaging service from China\u2019s App Store on orders from authorities, Block\u00a0Inc.\u00a0(NYSE:XYZ) CEO Jack Dorsy revealed on Sunday. China Censors Bitchat Dorsey posted Apple\u2019s notification that the app was taken down after the Cyberspace Administration of China alleged it contained \u201cillegal\u201d content. \u201cApps must comply with all legal requirements in any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-79379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}