Tech giant Apple has apparently caved to pressure from the Chinese government by pulling two gay dating apps from the App Store.

Wired has reported that Blued and Finka were no longer available in China, with social media users saying the apps were disappearing from the iOS, as well as several Android, app stores. The apps appear to still work for people who have already downloaded them.

News and business-service platform The China Project has named Blued “not only the largest dating app for gay men in China but also in the world”. Finka was the “second-largest dating app for gay men in China”.

An Apple spokesperson told Wired: “We follow the laws in the countries where we operate. Based on an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, we have removed these two apps from the Chi

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