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That’s a great question for these app stores. How much nazi content and calls to violently overthrow the government is too much to be allowed on the app store? Kind of like asking the FDA how much arsenic should be allowed in my Cheerios. I’d like to see what their idea of the right threshold is.


Is the implication that one instance of objectionable content is enough to warrant deplatforming of the site? That seems like a really easy way for one competitor to take out another.


Not trying to imply anything. The threshold could be non-zero. The FDA notably has a non-zero threshold for things like allowed rat droppings and hair, insect parts, etc. [1] in your food, since no scalable process is perfect. I’m curious to know exactly how many or what percentage Nazi posts are OK for an app in the App Store.

1: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/insect-rodent-filth-in...




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