Jens Comiotto-Mayer
While Elon Musk decided to remove the block feature from #Twitter, I had a quick look into Apple's "App Store Review Guidelines".
Aug 18, 2023 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderAug 18, 2023

@jens

"Must"a

Let's see if Apple blocks Xitter.

Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 18, 2023

@jens

He removed individual blocked (which didnt block users from the service)... the ability to block users from the service entierly is still done on twitter and as such it doesnt violate this particular requirement.

Show threadJens Comiotto-MayerAug 18, 2023
@freemo Hm, good point, unfortunately.
Show threadEutropiaAug 18, 2023
@jens @freemo of course from any practical perspective, "the ability to block abusive users from the service" seems to be impaired when the CEO makes you unblock people who posted CSAM.
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 18, 2023

@Eutropia @jens

Huh? not sure i follow what you mean... how does your inability to block personally impair the fact that users can be blocked from the service?

Show threadEutropiaAug 18, 2023

@freemo @jens I'm being facetious, in reference to the story linked below.

If you have the technical capacity to block abusive users, but your owner won't let you, then do you *really* have the "ability" to block them? OK, the serious answer is "yes," but it's a pretty significant caveat and I hope Apple is paying attention.

https://wapo.st/3OFhNef

Twitter under fire for reinstating account that posted child sex abuse

Twitter reinstated the account after some of its more than 500,000 followers complained that the account had been suspended for its political messaging.

The Washington Post
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 18, 2023

@Eutropia

I think you misunderstood something…

If you have the technical capacity to block abusive users, but your owner won’t let you, then do you really have the “ability”

Thats not what is going on here… The apple policy states that the owners of the platform (musk and twitter employees) must have the ability to block abusive users from the service. It makes no requirement that individual users need to be able to block.

So no you neither have the technical capacity nor will the owner let you… but neither of those has any relevance to the apple policy as it is not talking about that.

@jens

Show threadEutropiaAug 18, 2023

@freemo @jens In my post, "you" refers to Twitter as a company. Twitter itself does not have the ability to block abusive owners, because its owner won't let it.

Or that's the joke, but it's really not worth working this hard to analyze.

Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 18, 2023

@Eutropia

Ohhhhhhh, ok, sorry. Yea I see what you mean now :)

@jens

Show threadDon ThompsonAug 18, 2023
@jens
Addition to bullet 4 might be in order
[… reach you] and be provided with a timely and satisfactory resolution to the problem.
Show threadCraig McgeeAug 18, 2023
@jens but, they'll make an exception for muskypet. yuck!
Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 19, 2023

@jens so will #Apple again bow before #Money and refuse to enforce their own #rules before #ApartheidEmeraldBoy / #SpaceKaren?

Like with the #AppName...???

Show threadJens Comiotto-MayerAug 19, 2023
@kkarhan Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they even have to… https://coma.social/@jens/110912088311730613
Jens Comiotto-Mayer (@[email protected])

Cheering too early: As @[email protected] correctly pointed out, Musk "only" removed individual blocks (which in fact never locked out bad actors from the whole service), while the ability to cut users from the platform entirely remains (for Twitter/X). It seems as this most likely doesn't violate the App Store guidelines, unfortunately. https://coma.social/@jens/110911925589875248

coma.social
Show threadHyphae CollectiveAug 20, 2023
@jens I'm convinced Elon hates Twi-- X -- as much as we do and bought it specifically to drive it into the ground and kill it