23 January 2013

Bad behavior

The BBC has an article about Apple:
Apple says it has been forced to remove a popular photography app due to customer complaints over "possible child pornography".
The 500px app, developed in Canada, has been downloaded almost a million times, but Apple said it was now a "clear violation" of its guidelines.
Google has not removed the app from its app store, and would not speculate publicly on its future.
500px said it had never received any complaints about such illegal content. "We don't allow pornographic images," 500px's chief operating officer Evgeny Tchebotarev told TechCrunch. "If something is purely pornographic, it's against our terms and it's deleted." He added that while there are nude images on the service, they were of a tasteful nature. Nudity is filtered by a "safe search" function which is turned on by default. "It's not about pornography, it's about fine art," he said.
In a statement, Apple was clear about its reasons for removing the app which had been available since October of 2011. The company said: "The app was removed from the App Store for featuring pornographic images and material, a clear violation of our guidelines. We also received customer complaints about possible child pornography. We've asked the developer to put safeguards in place to prevent pornographic images and material in their app."
Apple has not revealed the exact nature of the images which were complained about.
Despite the app's removal from the App Store, at the time of writing it remains in Google's store, which has comparatively looser controls on content. "We don't comment on individual applications, however, you can check out our policies for more information," a Google spokesman told the BBC. "We remove applications that violate our policies, such as apps that are illegal or that promote hate speech."
Rico says you can never be too careful with kids and perverts, thus a related BBC article:
A police officer who made indecent images of a child has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service in London, England.
Christopher Exley, 33, admitted to four counts of making images of a child under eighteen last month. Southwark Crown Court heard he was working as a constable with the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group, but had been suspended since his arrest. He is due to be sentenced later this month.
A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) spokesman said the misconduct hearing's panel found Exley's actions had brought "serious discredit" to the force.
Commander Allan Gibson of the Directorate of Professional Standards said: "PC Exley has let everyone in the Metropolitan Police Service down. The MPS are often responsible for the welfare of children and young people. It should be noted that he was identified and held to account by officers who, I am sure, are appalled that a colleague should have been engaged in these crimes."

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