WikiLeaks iPhone app taken down from iTunes Apple store

Apple Inc. has stopped offering an app that allows iPhone users to connect to WikiLeaks where confidential documents, including memos from U.S. diplomats, are posted.
Igor Barinov, the Russian maker of the WikiLeaks App, said he was called by Apple on Tuesday and was told that his app was removed from the App Store because the program violated developer guidelines.
Barinov, in his Tweet about the call, said Apple described his app as defamatory offensive, mean-spirited, or may bring harm to an individual or group.
The WikiLeaks App started selling on the App Store on Dec. 17 at a price of $1.99. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the app will go to the whistle-blowing website as donation.
According to Barinov, the donated money will be used to fund the legal defense cost of any high-profile journalist who will be charged in a U.S. court for writing about the diplomatic cables posted on WikiLeaks.
During its four days in the App Store, the WikiLeaks app was downloaded 4,434 times generating $5,825. Apple’s 30 percent share of the sales of the app amounted to $2,500

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