Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has warned Apple that the tech giant is making a big “mistake” by helping the Chinese Communist Party suppress anti-lockdown protesters in China.
Speaking during an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Graham accused Apple and other American corporations of kowtowing to the brutal Communist regime.
“Corporate appeasement of the Chinese Communist Party is pretty rampant,” Graham told Fox News.
“I like Apple. They’re a great American company.
“But the Chinese Communist Party writes the rules of the road.
“And to do business in China, you either leave the customer base or you follow their lead.”
“The NBA has appeased China,” Graham noted.
“The movie industry appeases China, now Apple.
“And I think this is a — this is a mistake,” the senator continued.
“So, you have got Apple threatening to take Twitter out of the Apple Store and at the same time doing the bidding of the Communist Party, restricting sharing of information to people who are trying to protest.”
“I think we have got it backward here,” he added.
“And I think what drives this is just money and market share.”
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As Slay News reported earlier, Twitter CEO Elon Musk met face-to-face with Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday.
Musk has been publicly blasting Cook and his company over reports Apple was considering banning Twitter from its App Store.
After the meeting between the two Big Tech leaders, Musk tweeted that the matter is now “resolved” and Twitter won’t be removed from the App Store.
“Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store,” he said.
