Apple confirms pulling “Hottest Girls” app with topless women

Apple on Friday confirmed it has removed Hottest Girls from the App Store due to images of topless women. Developer Allen Leung initially claimed to have ‘sold out’ of the app and removed the title on his own will due to server usage, but the inaccurate explanation was later removed from the site.

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“Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography,” a company representative told CNN.

Despite early reports that the app was reviewed and approved with the adult content, Apple has accused the developer of sneaking the content onto the app after an acceptable version was approved. Leung allegedly ignored further requests that the questionable images be removed. “This was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program,” the statement reads.

Although the new iPhone 3.0 firmware contains parental controls that may lead to additional flexibility, Apple has reiterated its stance on nude/porn content. Critics of the company’s review policy are quick to point out the availability of iPhone-optimized content on pages accessible via Safari, with many of the pictures and videos arguably more offensive than topless models.

Posted on Jun 27th, 2009 by Maggie Mills in iPhone Apps | 1 Comment

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One Comment to “Apple confirms pulling “Hottest Girls” app with topless women”

  1. on 29 Jun 2009 at 6:14 pm1Daniel

    While I partly agree with the critics, what they’re ignoring is the fact that those sites, though accessible through the iPhone, are not endorsed by or in any way representative of Apple. On the other hand, though stocking an app in the App Store doesn’t necessarily represent Apple’s endorsement, it is much closer than a random offensive website.

    So in that way, Apple is in fact not policing content accessible with the iPhone, but merely keeping their collective nose clean by not hosting porn.

    However, the arguments will rage on about whether Apple did the right thing. Newsy has some interesting perspectives on the argument at http://www.newsy.com/videos/iporn. However, there’s about as many views on the removal as there are people talking about it.

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