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US pressure on UK over Apple raises questions about China

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What happened: On August 20, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on social media that the UK has dropped a demand that Apple give it “back door” access to encrypted global user data.
Neither Apple nor the UK government has confirmed the reports, but according to media:

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