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500PX iOS App Gets Pulled From App Store Because Apple Doesn’t Like Boobs

Chris Gampat
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01/22/2013
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2013-01-22_16-45-04

Last Updated on 01/22/2013 by Chris Gampat

2013-01-22_16-45-04

 

Not long ago, the new 500PX iOS app was announced and was downloaded like mad. But the company’s has been temporarily pulled  from the iOS store. Why? In a short chronology that was tracked by the Verge, apparently they submitted a new version for review that contained bug fixes. But then it apparently became too easy to search for nude photos.

Really Apple? Okay, maybe the entire Popular and most of the Editor’s Choice is flooded with nudes, but it’s all about art though. It’s not pornography. At the time of writing this article, my 500PX iPad app still works fine and I can peruse all the content I want; and nudes are included.

Thankfully, freedom of expression and toplessness is still legal on Android devices.

Via The Verge

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.