RE2: iOS got rejected due to legal issue (Guideline 5.0 – Legal) Syria

https://github.com/google/re2/issues/359

by lifthrasiir • 4 years ago

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valdiorn• 4 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

Note that in this case the Syriac alphabet does relate to Syria the country in which the script was used. Of course the script was also used in the modern-day Iraq and Iran as well, and support for a script is very different from support for a country.

erickj• 4 years ago

wait a sec, is this post indicating that an app was rejected from the iOS app store simply for containing the string "Syria" in the binary? How would this not affect hundreds(?) of libraries?

mcraiha• 4 years ago

It will since it is a result of automatic scanning. So next time someone submits an update for their app that uses same library, they will get same results. And then Apple will change this.

worewood• 4 years ago

Export restrictions on a country are one thing; now, censoring a language because it relates to said country is far more sinister

pyuser583• 4 years ago

Wow that is messed up. I’m guessing the reviewer was not a native English speaker.

Using this logic having support for Carthaginian script will violate the sanctions against Libya.

rasz• 4 years ago

Hey, I read this exact same story two weeks ago https://sylviavanos.nl/blog/2021/12/24/google_play_hell.html

lifthrasiir2• 4 years ago

Just to be clear: "exact same" refers to the platform holder's inaccurate automatic filtering, not the events themselves.

RE2: iOS got rejected due to legal issue (Guideline 5.0 – Legal) Syria

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