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Apple Censors App That Tracks Drone Strikes, Calling It 'Objectionable
Content'
By Zaid Jilani [1] / AlterNet [2]
September 28, 2015
The Apple App Store over the weekend removed [3] the App Metadata+, an App
developed by The Intercept's research editor Josh Begley, giving the
standard message that the program featured "excessively crude or
objectionable content" (the following image is from Begley's twitter project
@dronestream):
While you'd expect an App to be banned for featuring ultra-violent or
pornographic content, all this one did was list data and location of drone
strikes as well as name the victims - offering notifications each time a new
one occurred.
The removal of the program seems to signal that the App store does not view
basic details about the wars we are involved in as matters for public
education, but rather information that is too profane for the delicate eyes
of its users.
Zaid Jilani is an AlterNet staff writer. Follow @zaidjilani [4] on Twitter.
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Home > Apple Censors App That Tracks Drone Strikes, Calling It
'Objectionable Content'
Apple Censors App That Tracks Drone Strikes, Calling It 'Objectionable
Content'
By Zaid Jilani [1] / AlterNet [2]
September 28, 2015
The Apple App Store over the weekend removed [3] the App Metadata+, an App
developed by The Intercept's research editor Josh Begley, giving the
standard message that the program featured "excessively crude or
objectionable content" (the following image is from Begley's twitter project
@dronestream):
While you'd expect an App to be banned for featuring ultra-violent or
pornographic content, all this one did was list data and location of drone
strikes as well as name the victims - offering notifications each time a new
one occurred.
The removal of the program seems to signal that the App store does not view
basic details about the wars we are involved in as matters for public
education, but rather information that is too profane for the delicate eyes
of its users.
Zaid Jilani is an AlterNet staff writer. Follow @zaidjilani [4] on Twitter.
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