APPLE INC. | Transparency Reports

Status
31.73% votes in favour
AGM date
Previous AGM date
Proposal number
6
Resolution details
Company ticker
AAPL
Lead filer
Azzad Asset Management
Resolution ask
Report on or disclose
ESG theme
  • Social
ESG sub-theme
  • Digital rights
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Technology
Company HQ country
United States
Resolved clause
Shareholders request the Board of Directors revise the Company’s Transparency Reports to provide clear explanations of the number and categories of app removals from the app store, in response to or in anticipation of government requests, that may reasonably be expected to limit freedom of expression or access to information. Such revision may exclude proprietary or legally privileged information.
Supporting statement
Proponents suggest the company include in its Transparency Reports, or explain why it cannot disclose: • The substantive content of government requests, by country, including which government agencies made requests; number of apps removed by category such as encrypted communications, VPN, etc.; and external legal or policy basis as well as internal company criteria on which the apps were removed; • Any indicia of the extent of impact on residents of those countries, such as the number of prior downloads of the app and whether existing usage of the app was eliminated; • Any efforts by the company to mitigate the harmful effect on freedom of expression and access to information posed by the categories of removals.

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