Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks women
I am surprised that no-one has brought up a neutrality argument yet.The app is legal within Saudi Arabia and in fact published by their government.Are we to take down any app which violates anyone’s morals? Or just the morals of particular countries? If an app is blasphemous by the standards of say Mormonism or Islam, should we take it down? After everyone is done, how many apps will be left?If we enforce some morals and not others in our app stores, who exactly do we choose as the arbiters of morality?  U.S. public opinion? Chinese public opinion? Maybe the U.N?Just to be clear I’d prefer this app not exist, and I would not be unhappy if it gets “unpublished”. I also think it would be cool if the major platforms just came out and made an unambiguous statement on what they will and won’t stand for.