Damus Pulled from Apple’s App Store in China After Two Days – TechCrunch 2/2/23

Source: TechCrunch.com

Damus, one of the fastest-growing Twitter alternatives, has been pulled from China’s App Store just two days after the app was approved by Apple.

The app, which runs atop the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social networking protocol Nostr, was removed from the China App Store per request by the country’s top internet watchdog because it “includes content that is illegal in China,” according to an app review notice Damus received and shared on Twitter.

Being decentralized means there is no central authority that decides who can participate or say what on the platform. That made Damus’ approval process difficult at first, as Apple requires services to have a mechanism for flagging objectional content, but Damus eventually worked out a way to get listed in Apple’s App Store on February 1….

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