Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged to get to the bottom of a Saudi government app hosted on the App Store that was labeled "abhorrent" by a US senator for helping men control where women travel. While speaking with National Public Radio on Tuesday, Cook was asked about Absher, a benign-seeming government app that has been criticized for features meant to let Saudi men control where women travel."I haven't heard about it," Cook told NPR. "But obviously we'll take a look at it if that's the case."

Cook's comments to NPR are the first time Apple has addressed the app after it declined to respond to INSIDER's repeated requests for comment.