[Foundation-l] Is Apple censoring Wiktionary?

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Thu Aug 6 22:09:31 UTC 2009


geni wrote:
> 2009/8/6 Luna <lunasantin at gmail.com>:
>> That'd make sense, I think. From the article linked, it sounds like giving
>> the application in question might be approved with a "17+" rating. That's
>> probably reasonable where the application and its designer are drawing from
>> unrated content beyond their control. I'm sure many of us are familiar with
>> that game-rating euphemism, "Experience may change during online play." This
>> sounds like a similar idea to me.
> 
> I the case of wikipedia anything less than a 17+ experience would be
> something of a change. Heh it could be argued that about the about the
> only country wikipedia is actually legal in is the US.
> 
> 

Maybe not even in the US. Does all the sexual imagery contain all the 
documentation required by the 2257 Regulations?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Protection_and_Obscenity_Enforcement_Act




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