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Google And Apple Are Banning “Hookup Apps,” But It’s Barely A Scratch On The Surface

Recently, Apple (alongside Google) has introduced new sexual content policies, aiming to tackle “overtly sexual or pornographic material” including “’hookup apps” that sometimes include “pornography” or are used to “facilitate prostitution.”

By Simone Hanna2 min read
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Of course, certain parts of Twitter immediately went into a storm, immediately trying to figure out which demographic they’d be able to claim discrimination against. The usual suspects stormed through like a tsunami, claiming that “sex work is real work,” alongside their usual bile on how it was “homophobic” as these places are not porn-spots, they’re “community spaces.”