Apple Music Censors Songs about Tiananmen Square Massacre for Chinese Government
Watchdogs groups have accused Apple of censoring music that mentions the Tiananmen Square Massacre and democracy in China.
According to a report from the Hong Kong Free Press, Apple is censoring certain songs in China that mention the Tiananmen Square Massacre and democracy. In 1989, the Communist-led Chinese government killed and injured thousands of protesters that had occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing for the purpose of bringing attention to basic human and press rights that were being violated in the country.
This week, Apple removed a song by Hong Kong artist Jacky Cheung that directly mentions that massacre. “The youth are angry, heaven and earth are weeping… How did our land become a sea of blood? How did the path home become a path of no return?” the lyrics to the song read. Other songs by Cheung are still available to stream in China.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/10/apple-music-censors-songs-about-tiananmen-square-massacre-for-chinese-government/