Apple removed Bitchat from the Chinese App Store following a request from the country’s Cyberspace Administration. Here are the details.
Bitchat enables anonymous, peer-to-peer communication
We covered it last year Launching Bitchat (then called bitchat mesh), a new messaging app developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who is now CEO of Block.
Since its launch, Bitchat has become popular, including in countries facing internet shutdowns and social media blocks Uganda, Iranand Nepal, where it is downloaded is said to have jumped during protests and government restrictions on major platforms. 
Unlike traditional messaging apps that rely on servers connected to the Internet, Bitchat uses a Bluetooth-based peer-to-peer network.
As we explained last July, when the app officially launched:
Due to its privacy-first and decentralized approach, bitchat mesh has no servers, accounts or user data and collects no data. That alone might be enough to raise a few regulatory eyebrows in a few countries, but let’s leave that for another time.
After almost nine months, it seems the time has come.
Like Dorsey It was mentioned in XApple has removed Bitchat from the App Store at the request of CAC, the Cyberspace Administration of China.
According to Apple, the CAC alleged that the app violated “Article 3 of the Provisions on the Security Assessment of Internet-Based Information Services Having a Public Opinion Attribute or Capable of Social Mobilization,” which essentially requires users to be mobilized to undergo a security assessment prior to launch or update that may influence public opinion or be mobilized.
Dorsey did not elaborate on what steps Bitchat will take to return to the Chinese App Store.
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