Apple Has a New Porn Problem

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 28, 2013 @10:43AM from the internet-is-for-porn dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Twitter's new iOS-only app, Vine, was prominently featured by Apple as an 'Editor's Pick' in its App Store the day it launched. However, given Apple's policies for adult content, they may have rushed the whole thing since this past Sunday, a number of news outlets ran stories covering the rise of easily-accessible pornography on the new video sharing app. As Joshua Topolsky explains, the situation draws even more attention to the vague and sometimes confusing rules of Apple's App Store guidelines, and more clearly showcases the sporadic and often unusual criteria the iPhone-maker uses to decide the fates of applications. So it will be interesting to see how Apple handles this given that they've never been shy about banning similarly racy apps in the past."

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It's Not A Problem. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-28 10:48 · Score: 5, Funny

It's a feature!
Old by RedHackTea · 2013-01-28 11:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Twitter messages already introduced pr0n. 3===D ~~~~ ( @ Y @ )

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What were you expecting, kittens ? by kegon · 2013-01-28 12:27 · Score: 5, Funny

I love this report about the article:

One user, Taylor Winkelmeyer, wrote: "I clicked on the link because I thought the warning was a joke. "I am furious I had to see something like this. Someone please tell me how to get it off my feed."
It's got to be fake, right ?
Re:Porn is not a problem by hairyfish · 2013-01-28 12:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Because animals watching porn is a huge problem in today's society...