Apple’s ‘overtly sexual’ iPhone crackdown purges 5,000 apps

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Following last week’s revelation that Apple had reversed its policy on sexual content in the iPhone App Store, a new report claims more than 5,000 inappropriate applications have been removed from the download destination.


Originally posted on AppleInsider

 
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