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Trump’s Truth Social now allowed in Google’s Play Store

17 points by hhs 4y ago

footlose_3815 4y ago
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josephcsible 4y ago
> “Apps may be distributed on Google Play provided they comply with our developer guidelines, including the requirement to effectively moderate user-generated content and remove objectionable posts such as those that incite violence,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement. If that's the policy, then why are Web browsers allowed in the Play Store without having a list of sites that they refuse to load?
- metadat 4y ago
  Impeccable logic, my dear Joseph. I posit they are allowed because, just like in real life, some policies, rules, and laws exist primarily to be selectively enforced against "unfavorables".
- z3c0 4y ago
  I think who's hosting the content is the differentiator. Maybe an allowed app that's hosting the objectionable content itself would be a more apt comparison.
  - josephcsible 4y ago
    I don't think this is it, because Google has also banned third-party Reddit clients, but not the official one, over NSFW content posted to Reddit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3724102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3724102
    - inhumantsar 4y ago
      They banned _a single client_ for not disclosing that Reddit contains NSFW content and then unbanned it after reasonable changes were made.
- phendrenad2 4y ago
  Real answer: They allow 3rd-party browsers because there would be public outcry against them if they disallowed Firefox/Chrome. That's it. That's the reason. They'd probably block them, too, if they could get away with it cleanly.
- hota_mazi 4y ago
  Because browsers do not own nor control the content they display.
  - xyzzyz 4y ago
    They browsers could ban domains just as social media apps can ban people. They could literally add a “report” button to browser UI, hire a bunch of moderators, ban certain pages and do the exact same kind of moderation of the web as Facebook does on their site. What you propose is not a real distinction, it’s just description of how things turned out being.
metadat 4y ago
https://archive.ph/Ruxaj https://archive.ph/Ruxaj

17 points by hhs 4y ago

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> “Apps may be distributed on Google Play provided they comply with our developer guidelines, including the requirement to effectively moderate user-generated content and remove objectionable posts such as those that incite violence,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement. If that's the policy, then why are Web browsers allowed in the Play Store without having a list of sites that they refuse to load?

metadat 4y ago
Impeccable logic, my dear Joseph. I posit they are allowed because, just like in real life, some policies, rules, and laws exist primarily to be selectively enforced against "unfavorables".
z3c0 4y ago
I think who's hosting the content is the differentiator. Maybe an allowed app that's hosting the objectionable content itself would be a more apt comparison.
- josephcsible 4y ago
  I don't think this is it, because Google has also banned third-party Reddit clients, but not the official one, over NSFW content posted to Reddit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3724102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3724102
  - inhumantsar 4y ago
    They banned _a single client_ for not disclosing that Reddit contains NSFW content and then unbanned it after reasonable changes were made.
phendrenad2 4y ago
Real answer: They allow 3rd-party browsers because there would be public outcry against them if they disallowed Firefox/Chrome. That's it. That's the reason. They'd probably block them, too, if they could get away with it cleanly.
hota_mazi 4y ago
Because browsers do not own nor control the content they display.
- xyzzyz 4y ago
  They browsers could ban domains just as social media apps can ban people. They could literally add a “report” button to browser UI, hire a bunch of moderators, ban certain pages and do the exact same kind of moderation of the web as Facebook does on their site. What you propose is not a real distinction, it’s just description of how things turned out being.

metadat 4y ago

https://archive.ph/Ruxaj https://archive.ph/Ruxaj