The Ministry of Interior’s electronic platform Absher carried out a total of 16,536,826 electronic transactions and services during April. The beneficiaries of these services were users across Absher ...

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Google has joined Apple in promising to investigate a Saudi app that lets men control women's travel, as pressure from rights groups and international lawmakers builds on the tech giants. Google will ...

The Saudi government app Absher is mostly a way for people to pay traffic fines and complete other administrative tasks electronically. But one feature isn’t sitting well with civil-rights advocates: ...

People are leaving damning one-star reviews for a Saudi government app on Google Play and the App Store, because it helps men restrict where women go outside the country. Absher is mostly a government ...

Tim Cook says that he was unaware of the Absher app, a Saudi-based government app which allows men to track female family members, and even prevent them from travelling, but will investigate. It ...

Pressure is growing on Apple and Google to remove Absher, a controversial Saudi app which can be used by male family members to track the movements of women and even bar them from travelling. Some 14 ...

Apple and Google are facing criticism for offering an app that lets men in Saudi Arabia track and control the movement of women. The app, called Absher, is listed in Apple's app store and the Google ...

Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. The Absher app is seen on a phone in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia on March 7, 2019. Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Two Saudi sisters who ...

Absher, a government-backed mobile app in Saudi Arabia, has come under sharp criticism amid claims that it reinforces the country’s system of male guardianship — which requires women to seek approval ...

RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior’s electronic platform Absher carried out a total of 16,536,826 electronic transactions and services during April. The beneficiaries of these services were users ...