Apple Will Not Distribute 'Porn' and Other Inappropriate Content
After the news broke that the first iPhone application with nudity was released, the app was quickly removed from the App Store. Despite the developer initially claiming that it was removed voluntarily to relieve server load, it seems that Apple may have had an active role in its removal. Apple PR told CNN that the app had been removed and that Apple will not distribute "porn" or other inappropriate content:
Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography. The developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed, and after the developer had subsequently been asked to remove some offensive content. This was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program. The application is no longer available on the App Store.
To call this particular application "porn" is a bit of a stretch but made for good headlines across the web. The removal by Apple is is interesting, however, as Apple's rating system does seem to allow for "nudity" specifically.Top Rated Comments
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34 months ago
Good choice apple. :):apple:
I have to admit, and I am not at all ashamed, that I have watched a lot of porn in my lifetime to know both the pleasures and perils of it.
And I very much like that some places will be kept COMPLETELY free of it, since it's all over the place in every other place you look at, from emails to websites, to pretty much everywhere. As well as the quasi porn stuff that gets passed off as teenager music and mens mags these days.
Thanks for keeping things clean apple.
I have to admit, and I am not at all ashamed, that I have watched a lot of porn in my lifetime to know both the pleasures and perils of it.
And I very much like that some places will be kept COMPLETELY free of it, since it's all over the place in every other place you look at, from emails to websites, to pretty much everywhere. As well as the quasi porn stuff that gets passed off as teenager music and mens mags these days.
Thanks for keeping things clean apple.
34 months ago
This is a good thing. If you want porn, search for it on the web yourself. Porn is like a drug. It's a trap.
34 months ago
They may not be willing to allow porn on the app store (which I agree with), but at least I can make amateur porn with the SO and upload it to youporn soon. Thank you 3G S with video.
34 months ago
My question is: was Apple mad because of the actual content or because of the sneaky way the developer added new content?
34 months ago
that's so progressive of you, apple. :rolleyes:
1. this comment is in line with extremist muslims who claim women must cover themselves in order not to get raped. be aware that most of us have what's known as "self control".
2. Mobile Safari is great for porn searches!
This is a good thing. If you want porn, search for it on the web yourself. Porn is like a drug. It's a trap.
1. this comment is in line with extremist muslims who claim women must cover themselves in order not to get raped. be aware that most of us have what's known as "self control".
2. Mobile Safari is great for porn searches!
34 months ago
This is a good thing. If you want porn, search for it on the web yourself. Porn is like a drug. It's a trap.
This. Good move Apple.
34 months ago
Thank God, my little sisters like to search the app store and download apps. They don't need to be seeing that garbage.
34 months ago
What's the point of adult age limits then?
Way to go Apple, dictate your own morality on the rest of the world, because you operate the only application store for your devices.
Way to go Apple, dictate your own morality on the rest of the world, because you operate the only application store for your devices.
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