Apple says caricatures “ridicule” politicians and are not permitted
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Apple has reportedly rejected an iPhone app on the basis that it contains “objectionable characters”. They appear to have been referring to the caricatures shown below.
You couldn’t make this up. Well, I could, because I have an excellent creative mind. But I digress.
The developer of “Bobble Rep – 111th Congress Edition” says he received the following notification from those in power at Apple:
We’ve reviewed Bobble Rep – 111th Congress Edition and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store because it contains content that ridicules public figures and is in violation of Section 3.3.14 from the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement which states:
“Applications may be rejected if they contain content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, sounds, etc.) that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable, for example, materials that may be considered obscene, pornographic, or defamatory.”
A screenshot of this issue has been attached for your reference.
If you believe that you can make the necessary changes so that Bobble Rep – 111th Congress Edition does not violate the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, we encourage you to do so and resubmit it for review.
Regards,
iPhone Developer Program”
This article received a large number of comments over on Reddit, which you can read by clicking here.
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