Apple, Google urged to drop woman tracking app

Human rights groups are pressurizing tech companies Apple and Google to remove a particular app that helps men track down and control women. Groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, are urging Apple and Google to remove Absher from their app stores, reported Mashable. The app in question is a tracking app that is used by men to track and control women.

Absher, an app created by the Saudi government features tracking and monitoring abilities which are used by the men to control their women who are under their guardianship, which include their wives and unmarried daughters.