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fromArs Technica
1 day ago

Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app

A federal judge dismissed Musi's lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned its lawyers for fabricating facts, ruling that Apple can remove apps with or without cause under the developer agreement.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Musk denies knowledge of Grok producing sexualised images of minors

Lawmakers and advocacy groups urge Apple and Google to remove X and Grok amid allegations Grok produces nonconsensual underage sexual images, prompting legal scrutiny.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

xAI's Grok reportedly produced no naked underage images while facing global scrutiny, investigations, app-store removal calls, and national bans over sexually explicit and nonconsensual content.
US politics
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Epic Games CEO Tries To Clarify Comments About X's AI Image-Generating Tool

Tim Sweeney clarified he criticized a government official for pressuring Apple and Google to block a speech app and rejected defending AI-generated sexual images.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'

The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple removed the service from its app store under demands from the White House. The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, which the tech company did in October.
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LGBT
fromWIRED
4 months ago

Apple Pulls China's Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order

Apple removed Blued and Finka from the China App Store following an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, while existing users retain functionality.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
4 months ago

The Sims Mobile will go offline from January as EA confirms 'sad news'

The Sims Mobile app has been taken off app stores ahead of a planned sunset for the game in January 2026. The news about the app, a favourite amongst queer gamers, was announced by Electronic Arts on Sunday (19 October) and then on social media a day later. In a blog post EA explained the plan for the next few months including event rollouts and the eventual server shut down in the new year.
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fromTechCrunch
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

Controversial dating apps Tea & TeaOnHer have been pulled from the App Store | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

Controversial dating apps Tea & TeaOnHer have been pulled from the App Store | TechCrunch

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fromApp Developer Magazine
1 year ago

Apple withdraws ICE tracking apps from App Store including ICEBlock

Apple removed ICEBlock and similar apps from the App Store after a federal request, citing law enforcement safety concerns and raising free-speech and public-safety tensions.
fromTheregister
5 months ago

Apple ices ICE agent tracker app under government heat

ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed.
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