
Over 50 apps on the App Store and Google Play Store continued to be available even after the US banned working with the developers.
The App Store has several apps that may violate sanctions
Apple was accused in 2021 of hosting apps by companies on the US Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals — and in 2019 was fined for doing so. Now The Tech Transparency Project (TPP), a non-profit watchdog, says Apple and Google have continued to host blacklisted apps.
As first reported by The Washington Post, the TPP group says that some app developers were listed on the App Store under barely changed names. For instance, some added OOO to their name — which is the Russian abbreviation for a corporation.
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