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Photo sharing application 500px has returned to the iOS App Store with new restrictions limiting access to pornographic content.
The application was pulled from the App Store by Apple last week, due to a claimed breach of rules regarding pornographic material. Prior to its removal last week, 500px had been available in the App Store for more than 16 months.
But on Tuesday, 500px returned to the App Store with a new version that aims to address some of the concerns Apple had with the software. The updated version is rated for users ages 17 and up, and it also adds a "Report this photo" button to help filter out inappropriate content.
Version 2.0.3 of 500px also fixes an issue that would redirect a user after logging in. It also addresses a problem that resulted in partially downloaded photos.
Oleg Gutsol, co-founder of 500px, said to TechCrunch that his team has "worked closely with Apple over the last week to address their requests."
The reappearance of 500px comes as Twitter's new six-second-video sharing application Vine was removed from Apple's "Editors' Choice" section of the App Store. On Monday, a pornographic clip was briefly promoted within the Vine app, which was blamed on "human error." Despite the blunder, Vine remains available in the App Store.
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So what about the Tumbler App? Access to limitless pictures of naked women (or men if you prefer). No age restriction warnings or whatever. Just sayin' :no: Or even OMG ... Safari! /shock horror
You're forgetting the iPhone itself! It has a camera that you could record porn with accidentally. Apple should do something about this and automatically remove offending sequences!
Good work, Apple! The App Store doesn't need to be cluttered with apps able to display images freely to people who choose to view them. What it needs is more brutal bloody gore carried out by child gamers! Just two problems, Apple: 1) Your hands-off policy when it comes to the web. You allow the entire Internet to be accessed in Safari! Safari is a dinosaur and should be eliminated in favor of all-violence no-human-bodies browsers. And 2) Your iTunes movies and TV shows. Don't those need to be censored even more than apps? Get on it! You're good about offering the streaming mindless gore people want, but where are you when it comes to deleting skin from critically acclaimed films? No need to remove the entire movie, just cut to some stock footage of tropical fish, or maybe a church sermon. We can't be trusted to choose what we view, and we know we need your help! Don't abandon us, Apple! Parental Controls and content ratings are not enough! Because we can CHOOSE what content to allow! Hint: we want choice when it comes to violence. We don't want choice when it comes to nudity.
[quote name="nagromme" url="/t/155703/apple-allows-return-of-500px-to-ios-app-store#post_2267371"]Good work, Apple! The App Store doesn't need to be cluttered with apps able to display images freely to people who choose to view them. What it needs is more brutal bloody gore carried out by child gamers! [/quote] I don't recall any system that requires you to validate with Apple that you are a adult so nothing is stopping you from downloading any app you want. Well not from Apple. Mommy and Daddy turning on restrictions and limiting you is not Apple's fault. Nor it is their fault Daddy caught you searching for titties and turned off Safari.
So what about the Tumbler App? Access to limitless pictures of naked women (or men if you prefer). No age restriction warnings or whatever. Just sayin'
Or even OMG ... Safari! /shock horror
You're forgetting the iPhone itself! It has a camera that you could record porn with accidentally.
Apple should do something about this and automatically remove offending sequences!
Apple allows parents to enable parental controls on the device blocking certain apps and Safari. Because of the previous age rating of 500px it was impossible for parents to block it without blocking out all app downloads. With Vine and now the updated 500px app, parents can block the use of the application without blocking the entire app store.