Apple Removes Two Apps Tracking Drone Strikes, Citing Crude, Objectionable Content
Apple removed two apps from the iTunes store that tracked drone strikes, app creator Josh Begley reported on Twitter. Begley was first notified that his app Metadata+, which launched in early 2014 and used data from the Bureau of Investigative…
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Journalism to report targeted killings by U.S. drones, was removed on Sunday because it contains “excessively crude or objectionable content.” Begley shared the news on the Twitter account @Dronestream, which performs the same role as the app. Begley’s other app Ephemeral+, which records drone strikes, was removed from the app store on Wednesday for the same reason as Metadata+. Apple didn’t comment.