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I think it's also interesting here because really this is about Apple vs. Facebook (Instagram). Apple is saying Facebook you need to moderate your content. Wh
by lbotos 5y ago
I think it's also interesting here because really this is about Apple vs. Facebook (Instagram).
Apple is saying Facebook you need to moderate your content.
Which the question becomes "Is Instagram more than a glorified web browser?"
- JKCalhoun 5y agoInstagram controls what is uploaded to its servers — a web browser does not do that.
- dylan604 5y agoAre you suggesting the app does local qualifications of what is uploaded vs processing on the server? Does it really matter which side the qualifing is done?
- lbotos 5y agoYou aren't wrong, but as far as I'm aware, the majority of content on the Instagram app is accessible via an instagram.com URL. That's what I mean by glorified browser. If apple is "banning" that app because of the content but that content is still available on the device via apple's own Safari, did they really ban anything? ---- The question is "when legally is apple responsible for UGC on instagram's servers?" That's the real question. Otherwise this would be moral grandstanding by Apple. I'm pretty sure if anyone tried to sue Apple for "distributing objectionable content" they'd run to "we aren't responsible for what's on Instagram's servers." How responsible SHOULD Apple be for data hosted on instagram's servers?