Photography application was available for nearly 16 months.
500px, a popular photography application for iOS, has been removed from the Apple App Store by the Cupertino firm based on allegations that it allowed easy access to nude photos.
"The app was removed from the App Store for featuring pornographic images and material, a clear violation of our guidelines," Apple said in a statement. "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."
500px has maintained its innocence, with the firm never hosting purely pornographic pictures, with the nude images which are published being artistic in nature and not vulgar.
"We don’t allow pornographic images. If something is purely pornographic, it’s against our terms and it’s deleted," said 500px COO Evgeny Tchebotarev. The company continued: "We take the issue of child pornography incredibly seriously. There has never been an issue or one complaint to us about child pornography. Although it has never happened, a complaint of this nature would be taken very seriously and would immediately be escalated to appropriate law enforcement agency. In all our conversations with Apple a concern about child exploitation was never mentioned."
500px, which has been downloaded over a million times, relies on its users to flag inappropriate images, but also offers an opt-out policy for nude images, which is enabled by default. The app itself has been available on iOS for nearly 16 months.
so does safari, better pull it from iOS
Best way to shutdown any piece of the internet: claim child porn.
so does safari, better pull it from iOS
Siri: "Please wait while I search for my private photo... Here you go..."
*SHOWS NAKED FAT CHICK WITH IPHONE BETWEEN OPEN THIGHS"
Boy: *VOMITS* "OMG!"
Best way to shutdown any piece of the internet: claim child porn.
In a way, more disturbing than boobs.
A kid with a toy gun ? That's hardly a disturbing or uncommon sight.
Why does there have to be a war between people that simple choose to buy a different brand phone. If you want Android then buy Android; if someone whats to buy WP8 or iP5 then the Androids attack! Give it a rest will you!
I don't think that's what he meant. your been a troll. you must have missed the "you could jail-break and load up cydia"
Or the point of Apple making decisions for its users, or the possible violation of the US constitution regarding free speech and freedoms. 500 need to test this in court. or as the other comments suggest - apple need to remove all apps and tech that could be used to create distribute porn. i bet they have no issues with else where.
i wonder if Apple have there own photo sharing app coming out soon, and they need to remove some competition?
Anyways, Apple sucks. Period . Way too controlling.
I learned my lesson big time with the Iphone 3G. Wont repeat that mistake.
And adults are smart enough to view what they don't want to view.
Leave kids playing on crappy tablets since they break everything.
Apple products are too expensive for kids to use, and expensive to replace if broken.
Apple is scared the iPhone be labeled as iPorn.
It doesn't have to be up to Apple. There could always be a warning in the disclaimer of the app, so parents who install the app knows.
I dont get why people get so uptight over everything. If you dont like something, dont use it. Stop complaining and ruining stuff that most never had a problem with.
Same uptight pseudo-religious society that allows violent movies that show dismemberment and other things a dime a dozen as perfectly appropriate. God forbid there is a sexual theme in there, though.
Hypocrites.