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BumRushDaShow

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18. "This is quite different fro the FCC laying a heavy hand on broadcast TV."

Reply to speak easy (Reply #17)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:44 PM

5 hrs ago

It's not "different".

Your example of going after broadcast media to "censor", is showing exactly what the problem is when it comes to other "media" like "social media" (apps). We're going through that with TikTok and the idiotic violation of a law to bend and sculpt that "app" and its "ownership".

Both "medias" are "regulated" by the federal government but the extent (and manner) of that regulation is what is at issue.

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Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app [View all] BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP

I find it hard to believe that their are not alternatives out there. Maybe not through Apple, but there lostincalifornia 10 hrs ago #1

From the 1st sentence of the OP excerpt BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #2

I thought that specific app was only written for IOS, and not Android. I am also sure there lostincalifornia 9 hrs ago #4

Someone obviously ported something similar to Android BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #5

Thanks, no surprise. lostincalifornia 9 hrs ago #7

I'm disappointed in Apple COL Mustard 7 hrs ago #13

I had friends who had radar detector things in their cars BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #14

10-4, good buddy. COL Mustard 1 hr ago #30

Amazingly a lot of states were very serious about making them illegal with possible jail up to a year lol Cheezoholic 57 min ago #32

Yup. BumRushDaShow 49 min ago #33

apple removed an app that helped anti putin candidates Marthe48 10 hrs ago #3

'Legal Experts.' - What is the legal issue here? speak easy 9 hrs ago #6

From the article BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #8

The headline is a bit misleading. Only one legal expert is quoted, in the last paragraph. thesquanderer 8 hrs ago #11

You skipped over the other "legal expert" BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #16

There is no legal issue here, speak easy 5 hrs ago #17

"This is quite different fro the FCC laying a heavy hand on broadcast TV." BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #18

An app is not social media. speak easy 5 hrs ago #19

"Apps" most certainly CAN be and are BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #20

I stand corrected. Thank you. speak easy 4 hrs ago #21

That is the issue whether there is "liability" BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #23

Ah. She was not identified as a legal expert within the article itself. I didn't look up her credentials. :-) n/t thesquanderer 4 hrs ago #22

Stop buying those fucking iPhone's and let Tim Apple set on them Bengus81 8 hrs ago #9

Not that easy since the OP said the Google store was doing the same thing, and they lostincalifornia 2 hrs ago #28

Trump used the apple play book randr 8 hrs ago #10

I just shared that app with a woman who said ICE came into the Safeway samnsara 7 hrs ago #12

Boycott Apple JCMach1 7 hrs ago #15

Silicon Valley is not our friend dalton99a 3 hrs ago #24

Once upon a time the nerds in high school would get shaken down for their lunch money by the bullies Javaman 2 hrs ago #25

But then the "arrogant" bullies have had this happen - BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #27

Maybe Apple could volunteer to help ICE zip tie some more 4-year olds Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #26

I believe that Apple screwed up and caved to trump LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #29

Well, Tim Cook Has Made The Pilgrimage tonekat 1 hr ago #31

very proud to have NEVER bought an Apple product Skittles 20 min ago #34