Tumblr removed from Apple App Store over abuse images (2018)(www.bbc.com)
71 pointsby dmschulmana day ago6 comments
  • kemayoa day ago
    2018 -- I'd assume that this is posted today as a pointed jab at X getting quite different treatment despite Grok being used to make child porn and other revenge-porn style content.

    e.g. https://www.wired.com/story/x-grok-app-store-nudify-csam-app...

    EDIT: wow, I have never seen the score on a comment I posted fluctuate up and down this wildly before. :P

    • ryandrakea day ago
      Was going to submit that one, but I figured it was pointless. The flaggers would take it down within minutes. I submitted this one[1] earlier, and it got predictably flagged into oblivion within 10 minutes by the Elon Defense Brigade.

      1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46545962

    • Nextgrida day ago
      Flagged for moderator attention - not because of your comment but because the date is very pertinent to the article and should be added to the title (please flag mine too).
    • iamkonstantina day ago
      Yup, comments on the wired article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46548451
    • hn1986a day ago
      not just that but you can easily find and see hardcore porn on Twitter, which against Apple and Google's own rules on the app store. But Musk gets a free pass, of course because double standards
    • mykoa day ago
      Yep. Absolutely shocking that Cook hasn't already threatened Twitter (or maybe he has and we just don't know?).
      • iknowstuffa day ago
        They’re simply calculated. They know if they do it Republicans are gonna come down on them hard
        • ryandrakea day ago
          Yea, I'd expect the opposite: If anything, they'll add a new "underage nudity" category to the App Store to appease this administration.
      • Analemma_a day ago
        It's not shocking at all: threatening Twitter has political implications that banning Tumblr never did, and Cook personally delivered a golden statue to appease the Mad King. I wouldn't expect any action from the app stores.
  • mullingitovera day ago
    The subtext here is obviously the contrast with the notorious CSAM and deepfakes app formerly known as twitter enjoying first class app status in all app stores.

    I think that the App Store status is understating the seriousness of the criminal activity, however. X is creating and distributing massive amounts of deepfake porn content that is punishable by hard prison time in about twenty states, and yet none of the ringleaders or their accomplices have been charged.

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  • lysacea day ago
    I heard that Firefox and Chrome for iOS can both be used to consume some extremely gruesome material. If I understand correctly, they don't even attempt to block e.g. CSAM.
    • eddythompson80a day ago
      That’s not the gotcha you think it’s.
      • lysacea day ago
        Let’s hear about why it’s not.
        • duxup13 hours ago
          You might want to make your case first, it’s likely obvious to everyone else what the difference is.
    • razingedena day ago
      I’m all in for banning them both from the App Store 0:-)