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Apple already actively censors political content in apps and actively works with Chinese government to censor content on Chinese AppStore.

A private company is already put themselves in plate to control software content that reaches millions of people without those people having the ability to choose anything else on their pocket computers.



> Apple already actively censors political content in apps...

This is true, which is why I surprised the other day when I found this app called "BLMovement" when I was looking around to see if anyone was making a completely distasteful joke...

https://apps.apple.com/uy/app/blmovement/id1517754969

As a "resource directory", it's not purely political but surely it skirts the line.

I'm certain that if some political movement had popular support Apple would forget the rules though.

(Although, I doubt they'd let this same app in the store if it was called AntifaMovement, QAnonMovement or NationalSocialistMovement.)




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