Apple, Google Remove ToTok App After Report Identifying It as UAE Spy Tool

Apple and Google have reportedly both removed the messaging app ToTok from their online stores after The New York Times reported that it is a spy tool used by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government. ToTok said in a statement on its website that the app is "temporarily" not available on the Google Play or Apple App stores because of "a technical issue."

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