While Apple and Foxconn said students did work on the iPhone X, they did so as volunteers, but several of the 3,000 students who helped put the phones together claim they were forced to do so for several months in order to graduate from high school. Maybe It Was a Work-Study Program?: Allegedly, forced labor by Chinese high school students was used by Foxconn, one of Apple’s top contract manufacturers, to put together the iPhone X in China.
China has also restricted, or banned the use of communication apps such as Twitter, Gmail, Facebook and the Facebook-owned WhatsApp within the country. Skype still functions in China, but making the app difficult, or impossible to operate over mobile devices is seen as another sign that the Chinese government is willing to crack down on its citizens using the technologies of foreign companies to communicate with the outside world. The Times said Microsoft was working with Chinese authorities to get the Skype app back on Apple’s App Store. Tap the Skype for Business icon to open the app. Sign in to Skype for Business for the first time On your iOS device, swipe each page of apps until you see the Skype for Business icon. A report in the New York Times said Apple confirmed Skype had been removed from its App Store in China after the app’s service began being disrupted in October. Install Skype for Business for iOS From your phone, click the to go to the App Store and search for Skype for Business. Here, There, but Not Everywhere: That’s the case when it comes to Microsoft’s Skype videoconferencing app, and its presence on Apple’s App Store in China.Īpple said Tuesday it took Skype off of its Chinese App Store after officials with China’s Ministry of Public Security informed the company that Skype, which uses voice-over-internet protocol technology to let users make audio calls and have video chats, was in violation of local Chinese laws.
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