Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida questioned Apple’s business intentions in China, arguing Wednesday that the U.S.-based corporation is being very hypocritical in order to gain entry into the world’s largest human market.During a congressional hearing titled “The Long Arm of China: Exporting Authoritarianism With Chinese Characteristics,” Rubio specifically called out Apple and its CEO Tim Cook for celebrating China’s purported vision of an open internet. “This is where you come into this absurd situation where the World Internet Conference is held in China, meant to promote China’s vision of cyber sovereignty, which all of you have talked about,” he said to a panel of diverse experts. “Basically the idea that governments all over the world should have the right to control what appears on the internet in their countries.” Rubio said the dystopian irony of China — a country which was just given the title of the worst abuser of internet freedom for a third year in a row — hosting the summit is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg.“The most confusing part of it all is that Apple CEO Tim Cook stood up at that conference, and he celebrated China’s vision of an open internet. He delivered… Read full this story
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