500px – Porn Issues Resolved?
We reported last week that Apple had removed the uber pro app 500px from the app store because it contained nude/pornographic images. Well, actually there is quite a lot of porn on the Internet so Apple may well have a job on their hands if they intend to cleanse it thoroughly. So, the developers behind this very attractive photo sharing app have now updated it and have included a ‘report this’ icon, so if you’re browsing this app and something offensive hits you hard, then just hit that button. The rating of the app has also been increased to 17+.
If you haven’t had a chance to check out 500px yet, click here to download.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
