The two tech giants need to be transparent on why they caved in to Russian pressure to censor an opposition app.
![In September, Apple and Google removed a Russian opposition app from their app stores under pressure from the Russian government [File: Reuters/Dado Ruvic]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-09-24T080557Z_1385014438_RC2ZVP9IKBJE_RTRMADP_3_CYBER-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Tech-Legal Counsel at Access Now
The two tech giants need to be transparent on why they caved in to Russian pressure to censor an opposition app.
![In September, Apple and Google removed a Russian opposition app from their app stores under pressure from the Russian government [File: Reuters/Dado Ruvic]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-09-24T080557Z_1385014438_RC2ZVP9IKBJE_RTRMADP_3_CYBER-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)