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Apple Pulls VPNs from Chinese App Store

China's infamous Great Firewall has prevented citizens from accessing online material such as pornography, Facebook and news stories about the finances of senior politicians.

It's just become even harder for people in China to look at some digital information. Apple has removed from its Chinese app store some software that allows users to access banned web sites. They're called Virtual Private Networks and they punch a hole in the 'Great Firewall'. Apple says its removed the VPNs to comply with China's laws and points out similar products can still be downloaded in the country. We talk to James O'Malley from Gizmodo. Meanwhile, 32-year-old Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly the best-paid sportsperson in the world. But, prosecutors in Spain allege he evaded $17.3 million in tax since 2010. Dermot Corrigan of ESPN explores what may happen next. And, there's growing international concern about the outcome of Venezuela's highly controversial election of a constituent assembly. The opposition say they don't recognise the result. President Nicolas Maduro says he doesn't care what the world thinks.
(Picture: Red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which are called 'China Red' and popular among Chinese customers. Photo by Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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