Apple has promised to reveal more information about why it eliminates specific apps from its App Store. The company's promise comes at a time when activists in countries such as China and Russia are challenging the brand's stance on free expression, reported the Financial Times.

As part of this promise, Apple will provide investors with additional information regarding apps removed from its App Store in its Transparency Report.

According to the Financial Times report, it will reveal whether the request for a takedown is based on a legal infringement. Currently, the company tells investors about how many apps have been requested to be withdrawn by each country.

In its next report, Apple has promised to reveal the legal basis for each government's removal request, as well as a breakdown by nation and app category. However, it will not explain why individual apps have been removed, as the petitioners had sought.

According to the Financial Times, Apple has promised to reveal more information about why it eliminates specific programs from its App Store. The company's promise comes at a time when activists in countries such as China and Russia are challenging the brand's stance on free expression.

As part of this promise, Apple will provide investors with additional information regarding apps removed from its App Store in its Transparency Report.

it will reveal whether the takedown request is based on a legal infringement. Currently, the company tells investors about how many apps have been requested to be withdrawn by each country.

In its next report, Apple has promised to reveal the legal basis for each government's removal request, as well as a breakdown by nation and app category. However, it will not explain why individual apps have been removed, as the petitioners had sought.

The Cupertino-based company will also reveal how many apps it removes every nation for breaking App Store or developer licence agreement criteria.

Apple has long been chastised for granting governments' demands to remove specific apps from the App Store. WhatsApp and Signal, for example, as well as The New York Times and several social networking apps, are not permitted in China's App Store.