{"id":1349639,"date":"2022-02-28T15:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349639"},"modified":"2022-02-28T15:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:09:31","slug":"we-need-your-support-ukraine-asks-tim-cook-to-block-access-to-apple-products-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-your-support-ukraine-asks-tim-cook-to-block-access-to-apple-products-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;We Need Your Support:&#039; Ukraine Asks Tim Cook to Block Access to Apple Products in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-need-your-support-ukraine-asks-tim-cook-to-block-access-to-apple-products-in-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/554021_apple-ceo-tim-cook-any-us-privacy-legislation-consumers-see-data-is-collected-e1550091702508.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine\u00a0Mykhailo Fedorov has contacted Apple CEO Tim Cook asking him to pull all of Apple\u2019s services from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-minister-tim-cook-block-apple-app-store-russia-2022-2?r=US&#038;IR=T\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov recently sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook requesting that Apple cut off its services to Russia. Fedorov, who also acts as Ukraine\u2019s digital minister, published the letter he sent to Cook on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tim_cook<\/a>, Apple&#8217;s CEO, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation, and to support the package of US government sanctions! If you agree to have the president-killer, then you will have to be satisfied with the only available site Russia 24. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b5dm78g2vS\">pic.twitter.com\/b5dm78g2vS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedorovMykhailo\/status\/1497327555690610689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter asked Cooke to help \u201cprotect Ukraine\u201d and to\u201dstop supplying Apple services and products to the Russian Federation, including blocking access to the App Store.\u201d Fedorov added:\u00a0\u201cWe need your support \u2014 in 2022, modern technology is perhaps the best answer to the tanks, multiple rocket launchers (hrad) and missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple has not responded directly to the letter, but Cook tweeted earlier on Friday that he was\u00a0\u201cdeeply concerned with the situation in Ukraine.\u201d He added:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re doing all we can for our teams there and will be supporting local humanitarian efforts. I am thinking of the people who are right now in harm\u2019s way and joining all those calling for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am deeply concerned with the situation in Ukraine. We\u2019re doing all we can for our teams there and will be supporting local humanitarian efforts. I am thinking of the people who are right now in harm\u2019s way and joining all those calling for peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Cook (@tim_cook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cook\/status\/1497004932364341266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>YouTube, Google, and Facebook (now known as Meta) have all blocked Russian state media from generating ad revenue from their platforms since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/02\/24\/ukraine-demands-twitter-suspend-russias-account\/\">reported<\/a> that the official Ukrainian Twitter account recently demanded that the platform ban Russia\u2019s account from the platform.\u00a0\u201cHey people, let\u2019s demand @Twitter to remove @Russia from here,\u201d said the @Ukraine account. \u201cNo place for an aggressor like Russia on Western social media platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">hey people, let\u2019s demand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a> to remove <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Russia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Russia<\/a> from here<\/p>\n<p>no place for an aggressor like Russia on Western social media platforms<\/p>\n<p>they should not be allowed to use these platforms to promote their image while brutally killing the Ukrainian people <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TwitterSupport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ukraine \/ \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 (@Ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ukraine\/status\/1496888388938604556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-minister-tim-cook-block-apple-app-store-russia-2022-2?r=US&#038;IR=T\">Business Insider here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine\u00a0Mykhailo Fedorov has contacted Apple CEO Tim Cook asking him to pull all of Apple\u2019s services from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. 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