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Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store (en.royanews.tv)
submitted 15 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google Play has delisted UpScrolled, the "censorship-resistant" social media app founded by Issam Hijazi, following its rapid growth to over 2.5 million users and its brief stint as a top-ranked alternative to TikTok.

While the app remains available for existing users, Google has not provided a specific reason for the removal; UpScrolled's team confirmed they are working with the Play Store for reinstatement while maintaining their commitment to unfiltered content.

This development follows the app's rapid ascent in popularity, particularly amid concerns over content moderation on competing platforms like TikTok.

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

De-listed where? It's listed still for me.

I'm guessing it was a regional de-listment and it just wasn't specified.

Being said, this page was enough to make me install the app, still unsure if I wanna use it or not but, I don't wanna risk losing the ability to install the app either.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It's back. It was gone for just a few hours it seems

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 56 minutes ago

This is what Google does. They censor content and keep it gone as long as there isn't a sufficient retaliation.

It's what they did to remove AdNauseam from their addon repository. The only difference is nobody fought back so it remains gone to this day without justifiable reason.

[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

The more I work for tech companies the more I genuinely end up believing that stuff like this being removed is in fact just incompetence at least 50% of the time

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 55 minutes ago

I work in tech too, and I'm convinced almost none of these abusive tactics are the result of incompetence.

The abuse is the point. They need to constantly remind people who is in charge.

[–] civ@lemmy.civl.cc 0 points 5 hours ago

Hanlon's razor

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

A lot of companies seem to automatically delist things that get mass reported, which makes them subject to interference by armies of paid or unpaid trolls. Hopefully the issue gets corrected but this seems to happen more and more frequently.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The devs confirmed it was delisted. Not sure what its current status is. Seeing mixed messages online so it might be regional delisting or it might have been restored.