Whenever you give users—especially kids—a photo sharing application where they can upload their own photos, you’re gonna get some nudity. That’s fine, except for the part where I said kids. Now it’s bad news for Apple.
We can see how they approved the app, since it’s innocent by itself (a photo sharing and uploading app). But when 15 year old girls start uploading topless photos of themselves, like the previously approved and then denied Hottest Girls app, that’s when someone needs to take the app off the market. [Krapps via Wired]
matt
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 10:38 AMyeah, just rate it 18+ or whatever, or add a titty detector. i mean if iPhoto can recognize faces, surly they can make stuff recognize tits?
Trevor Piggott
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:24 AM“But when 15 year old girls start uploading topless photos of themselves [..] that’s when someone needs to take the app off the market.”
That’s ridiculous. A small percentage of abuse resulting in a complete ban. If that’s a valid idea then we should turn the internet off right now.
Also mobile phones with cameras, digital cameras and webcams should be removed from the market. Lord knows MMS has resulted in more underage tit than this app. We should pass a law to remove it from phones in the future.
I’m pretty damn shocked to see such over the top, reactionary, wont-someone-please-think-of-the-childrenism on giz.
Smack the kid round the back of the head and take their phone off them.
Adam
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:47 AMversion 1.0
http://www.appscene.org/download.php?id=469671872
andrew
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:53 AMTurn the internet off??? wtf???
BadPauly
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:59 AMAny tool can be used for both good and bad uses, the editors of Gizmodo should be well-aware of that. They make enough noise about other forms of censorship, why the sudden about-face to approve of it?
Calling for a tool to be banned just because it has been used in an illegal act is is pure stupidity.
Michael
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 3:48 PMAgreed
Anon
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:16 PMOk, I’d like my sawn-off shotgun back please
Dan Halford
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 6:14 AMBut a 15 year-old uploading pictures of him/herself is not illegal… Someone else downloading those images might be, though.
Anon
Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 2:28 PMActually it is.. A child got charged recently for distributing porn (themselves)