?Overtly sexual? apps pulled from App Store

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 22 February 2010 at 16:39:00

Apple removes more than 5,000 applications deemed inappropriate

Thousands of applications have been removed from Apple?s App Store following
claims that the content was unsuitable for distribution.

More than 5,000 apps have been ditched, including some deemed to contain
?overtly sexual? material.

This includes Wobble iBoobs, an application where users could mark breasts
within an image of their choice, shake their phone and watch them wobble.

Other apps that could easily fit into Apple?s criteria of inadequacy ? such
as the official Playboy app, featuring scantily dressed women ? remain on sale.

An Apple spokesperson was quoted by TechCrunch as saying: ?Whenever
we receive customer complaints about objectionable content, we review them.

?If we find apps that contain inappropriate material, we remove them from the
App Store and request the developer to make any necessary changes to their apps
in order to be distributed by Apple.?

It is believed that the mass clean-up was prompted by the upcoming launch of
its family and school-friendly iPad tablet.

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