Apple has pulledBeautyMeter — the iPhone / iPod sense of touch app that take into account users to upload defenseless movie of themselves for others to value — after a 15 - yo girl published this pic show her unsheathed breasts and pubic hair .
https://gizmodo.com/apples-nudie-app-headaches-now-involve-underage-girls-5305794
Charlie Sorrel at Wired argues correctly that Apple will be damned with 17 + apps no matter what :
The trouble for Apple are clear . By set itself up as a shielder of the storehouse , Apple ca n’t win . Any clock time a controversial software is okay , or non - allowed elements are nobble into an software Wiley Post - approving , Apple is blamed . If these apps are overstretch in the lead of time , Apple is phone out as an evil censor .
However , that does n’t mean Apple should ban the 17 + app sex - related category to avoid conflicts . There are plenty of adult - oriented applications that wo n’t let for this sort of dynamical content . But then again , the fact is that any software program that allows you to upload picture show and share them could be used to do exactly the same . So where should Apple stop , then ? Should they ban any app that can be used to write pictures or telecasting ? Should n’t the developers — and the user — be responsible about this and not Apple .
The problem for Apple is probably not a legal one , but one of public percept , with citizenry and mainstream assuming that — just because it runs on the iPhone — it is Apple ’s app . I ’m afraid that , if they want to keep the market fully capable , they would have to find the public picture struggle instead of just draw out the applications that appropriate for this sort of behaviour . [ GadgetLab ]
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