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Apple reportedly pressured Vine to go "17+" on the App Store
http://j.mp/YETjBF (ars technica)
Apple may have nudged Twitter into updating its new Vine app with a
"17+" rating on the App Store due to salacious content, according to a
report from AllThingsD. Shortly after Vine first appeared in the App
Store, porn videos began cropping up not only under relevant hashtags
(#sex, #nsfw, #pornvine) but as editors' picks forced to the top of
uninterested users' feeds. Vine failed to get a quick handle on its
mature content, and despite Apple cutting Twitter some slack for this,
Apple felt it had no choice but to push Twitter to brand the app with
a high maturity rating, according to AllThingsD.
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