Apple Pulls WikiLeaks App From App Store

Are you a busy, on-the-go professional who wishes there was a way to access top-secret government documents and diplomatic cables from your smartphone? As of last Friday, there was an app for that. But last night, Apple decided to pull the WikiLeaks App from its AppStore, joining Amazon, MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal as companies that have distanced themselves from the Julian Assange-led organization.

According to CNET,

The $1.99 WikiLeaks App offered access to the whistleblower site and the @wikileaks Twitter stream and was described as providing “‘instant access to the world’s most documented leakage of top secret memos and other confidential government documents,” according to a Google cached version of the site provided by TechCrunch. The app was created by a third-party development firm called Hint Solutions, which lists Igor Barinov as its general manager.

After less than five days, Apple yoinked it out of the market. “We removed the WikiLeaks app from the App Store because it violated our developer guidelines,” an Apple spokesperson told CNET. “Apps must comply with all local laws and may not put an individual or targeted group in harm’s way.”

Oh well, at least we’ve still got our Angry Birds.

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