Saudi Absher site lets men control women's travel, stop them escaping [www.thisisinsider.com]
Google criticized for hosting Saudi women tracker [www.androidauthority.com]
Google and Apple under fire for hosting Saudi app for tracking women [www.androidpolice.com]
Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks women [www.businessinsider.com]
I think both Apple and Google should have more to say about this other than "no comment" https://t.co/7LwzQRgN0d
— Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) February 11, 2019
Here it is, in the Apple Store, ranked #61 in the "productivity" category. pic.twitter.com/jIsCRJ4NE0
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) February 11, 2019
This is pretty disgusting. Apple and Google are hosting a Saudi app that allows men to track women and prevents them from leaving the country.
— Amel Ahmed (@amelscript) February 11, 2019
What is an Arab woman’s freedom worth? Ask these American multinational companies. https://t.co/hBFAgV3I2D
Senator Wyden now calling out Google and Apple for the Saudi women-tracking app. https://t.co/j4Dn3IBAKP
— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) February 11, 2019
Apple and Google both allow a Saudi government app that lets men manage the travel permissions of their female family members from their phone https://t.co/lRGocHn4sb
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) February 11, 2019
Anyone remember “don’t be evil”? No-one? https://t.co/IEY9VeVOkM
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) February 11, 2019
And, here in the Google Play store, with 27,729 download & four and a half stars! pic.twitter.com/3Tljrd5ZUN
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) February 11, 2019
It is unconscionable that @Google and @Apple are making it easier to track women and control when and how they travel. These companies shouldn’t enable these abusive practices against women in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/RDhZoTiQnP
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) February 11, 2019
Wow, this is incredibly dark.
— CODEPINK (@codepink) February 11, 2019
"Apple and Google have been accused of helping to 'enforce gender apartheid' in Saudi Arabia, by offering a sinister app which allows men to track women and stop them leaving the country." #BoycottSaudihttps://t.co/Q8RUkQBi1L
This isn't getting nearly the attention it deserves: why are Apple & Google hosting a Saudi app that lets men block grown women from traveling & sends
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) February 10, 2019
"male guardians" SMS alerts when women cross borders? https://t.co/eYeTJKcE2D
--Find My Friends requires consent
— Lindsey Barrett (@LAM_Barrett) February 12, 2019
--you can't control whether your friend, who has consented to be found, leaves the country
--1,000 Saudi women try to escape the regime each year and this app makes that harder https://t.co/SWouPQG2zv https://t.co/aCZUnDF3KK
Yeah, state-sanctioned stalking is not an issue of cultural sensitivity. Google and Apple aren’t running a totalitarian state that subjects women to male control, but they’re under zero obligation to make it easier for the men who are. https://t.co/SWouPQG2zv https://t.co/0wNTs5ojY0
— Lindsey Barrett (@LAM_Barrett) February 11, 2019
Apple and Google's mobile app stores host Absher, an app from Saudi Ministry of the Interior to help men in the country track and dictate where women can travel (@willbostockuk / Business Insider)https://t.co/cUaOGafBLlhttps://t.co/lN0E223n7y
— Techmeme (@Techmeme) February 11, 2019