Apple Censoring Apps

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Post by jacobwyke » Thu, May 19, 2011, 6:22 AM UTC

Re: Apple Censoring Apps

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Post by yardie » Thu, May 19, 2011, 7:25 AM UTC

Just like any other business, they have to work within the framework of the laws of the country they do business in. Alcohol related apps probably violate some of the alcohol laws in the UAE. Messaging apps are also against the law in the UAE. This is why Facetime isn't installed on phones sold in the UAE and Skype (since it is encrypted) is definitely not allowed their as well.

Also, speedtrap apps have just been outlawed in France.

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Post by click170 » Thu, May 19, 2011, 8:50 AM UTC

Company continues undesirable practice, this and more, tonight at 11.

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Post by Argorak » Thu, May 19, 2011, 9:04 AM UTC

The headline is misleading. Apparently, Apple does not sell apps with adult rating in the United Arabic Emirates. This is far from a blank "app censorship by Apple". Especially considering that the censor is more likely the UAE themselves.

More appropriate headline: "Apple filtering App Store based on local law". But that wouldn't be news...

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Post by pieter » Thu, May 19, 2011, 9:15 AM UTC

Instead of writing a blog post about it, he could have just done a google result to confirm his guess: http://www.saudimac.com/2011/04/17-apps-removed-from-saudi-a...