Google refuses to remove Saudi woman-tracking app Absher

Google has decided to continue hosting the controversial Saudi Arabian app Absher in the Google Play store following the findings that the app was not breaching its terms of service.

As per Fortune, Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon, who had sent a separate letter to Google and Apple had said, ”American companies should not enable or facilitate the Saudi government’s patriarchy.”

Both tech giants, Google and Apple came under heavy scrutiny in February when 14 members of the Congress sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook demanding the companies to discontinue hosting the controversial Saudi Arabian app as it bolsters Saudi laws which allow men to control the movements of women. Both Apple and Google initiating internal investigations into the app.