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It may have been triggered by one of the sets of "stickers" available as alternatives to emoji. I've browsed through them and while they all seem PG-13 or tamer

It may have been triggered by one of the sets of "stickers" available as alternatives to emoji. I've browsed through them and while they all seem PG-13 or tamer to me, I can see how someone with sensitivity towards suggestive cartoons would be offended. There are a few with female cartoons showing cleavage, and at least one that is obviously targeted at furries.

Doxin 9y ago
As far as I can tell anyone can create a set of stickers. There's much worse out there than just cleavage or furries.
- morganvachon 9y ago
  Yes but don't they have to be submitted to Telegram for acceptance? That's what it says in the "Stickers" section of Settings. Then again, maybe they accept all submissions by default and depend on the community to self-police. Anyway, all I ever see are the "trending" ones in the app's interface. I wouldn't know where to look beyond that (and I don't use them so I don't care to look for them anyway).
  - sli 9y ago
    You can create arbitrary sticker packs all you want from within the Telegram client using one of Telegram's own bots (Stickers, similar to BotFather for creating bot accounts). I've made a few myself. Unless Telegram promotes them in the stickers section, they have to be shared manually after that. Telegram itself does not prevent you from making any sticker pack you want.
sli 9y ago
Is there something inherently wrong with sticker packs of animal characters or is this the standard internet conflation of furry content and characters (which would include cartoon characters you likely grew up watching) with specifically furry porn? Telegram promotes a lot of sticker packs featuring an animal character or multiple animal characters, and well as fairly risque (to some) packs without animals.
- morganvachon 9y ago
  I never said anything was wrong with pictures of animals and I don't think I'm conflating anything. I was referring to the risque pictures of anthropomorphised animals I've seen promoted there, which to me (as a non-furry, so maybe I'm wrong) seems to be targeted at that demographic. Specifically, I've seen two sets in the trending section that have "sexy" cartoon rabbits and foxes with cleavage and other traditionally sexualized human-like features. Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with it, to each their own. I was just offering a thought about why Apple might censor the app.

Doxin 9y ago

As far as I can tell anyone can create a set of stickers. There's much worse out there than just cleavage or furries.

morganvachon 9y ago
Yes but don't they have to be submitted to Telegram for acceptance? That's what it says in the "Stickers" section of Settings. Then again, maybe they accept all submissions by default and depend on the community to self-police. Anyway, all I ever see are the "trending" ones in the app's interface. I wouldn't know where to look beyond that (and I don't use them so I don't care to look for them anyway).
- sli 9y ago
  You can create arbitrary sticker packs all you want from within the Telegram client using one of Telegram's own bots (Stickers, similar to BotFather for creating bot accounts). I've made a few myself. Unless Telegram promotes them in the stickers section, they have to be shared manually after that. Telegram itself does not prevent you from making any sticker pack you want.

sli 9y ago

Is there something inherently wrong with sticker packs of animal characters or is this the standard internet conflation of furry content and characters (which would include cartoon characters you likely grew up watching) with specifically furry porn? Telegram promotes a lot of sticker packs featuring an animal character or multiple animal characters, and well as fairly risque (to some) packs without animals.

morganvachon 9y ago
I never said anything was wrong with pictures of animals and I don't think I'm conflating anything. I was referring to the risque pictures of anthropomorphised animals I've seen promoted there, which to me (as a non-furry, so maybe I'm wrong) seems to be targeted at that demographic. Specifically, I've seen two sets in the trending section that have "sexy" cartoon rabbits and foxes with cleavage and other traditionally sexualized human-like features. Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with it, to each their own. I was just offering a thought about why Apple might censor the app.