Apple Drops WhatsApp, Threads From China App Store On Govt Order: Reports

Apple Vision Pro 'spacial computing' headgear are heading to its stores in the United States as it hopes to shake up lifestyles the way it did with the iPhone. (Credit: AFP)

Apple has removed Meta's WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China on orders from the country's internet regulator, US media reported Friday.

Mainland China has some of the world's most extensive internet censorship, with web users unable to access everything from Google to many foreign apps without workarounds such as a virtual private network (VPN).