**Google has removed negative reviews from its Play Store for a tracking app that has been accused of aiding the Chinese government’s surveillance of Uyghur Muslims.**
The app, called Trax, is a location-tracking service that has been downloaded more than 100,000 times. It has been criticized by human rights groups for allegedly providing the Chinese government with data that could be used to track and detain Uyghurs.
In response to the criticism, Google removed several negative reviews of the app from its Play Store. The reviews had accused Trax of being complicit in human rights abuses.
A Google spokesperson said that the company removes reviews that violate its policies, which prohibit content that is .
