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Apple Will Start Reporting Government Requests to Remove Apps From the App Store

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 27 2018, @05:01AM   
from the transparency++ dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow3941

Apple issued one of its bi-annual transparency reports today, and apart from the usual numbers on account takedown requests, the company issued a statement saying that it'll soon start reporting government requests to take down apps from the App Store. These requests will relate to alleged legal and / or policy provision violations, Apple says.

These numbers will tell us just how often governments are trying to block access to certain apps, and how many of those orders are actually obeyed. Google doesn't yet report these numbers specifically for the Play Store. I'd be interested to know why the requests were filed and what apps were affected, but Apple hasn't said if it'll call apps out by name.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/25/17396512/apple-transparency-report-app-takedown-requests

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• and / or? (Score: 4, Funny) by MostCynical on Sunday May 27 2018, @06:28AM

  by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday May 27 2018, @06:28AM (#684779) Journal

  legal and / or policy provision violations

  So the government now looks for violations of the app store ToS?
  "Couldn't get him for money laundering or tax evasion, but had his app pulled for inappropriate advertising!"

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  "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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