The chaos around Twitter continues to launch interesting titles and news on the social network. While some proposed changes are very well received, such as the ability to post longer videos on the platform or the universality of the button to edit tweets, others, such as the ability to verify any profile in exchange for 8 dollars, are not.
But that’s not all, Elon Musk’s statements and actions lead many to believe that the days of the blue bird social network are numbered and while some say goodbye with the hashtag #RIPTwitter, others they close their accounts directly. In the latter group is App Store manager Phil Schiller.
Gestures, for now
While it’s true that we don’t know the reasons why Schiller canceled his Twitter account, we can speculate on that. Remember that the leader of Apple, being responsible for the App Store, is the one who has the the last word when it comes to making requests respect the rules Store. And these rules, among other things, say that there are no applications that incite hatred, with racist content and all that kind of toxic content.
Back on Twitter, Elon Musk announced he was reinstating Donald Trump’s account, while lifting the ban on other accounts and aligning his actions with Donald Trump’s demands. allow any speech to be on Twitter. Without departing from the law of course, the new owner of Twitter intends to make a much more lax moderation of the content of the social network.
For a bit more context, we can recall the Statements by Tim Cook on November 15 in his interview with CBS Mornings. Asked about the changes Elon Musk is making to Twitter and what they mean for the relationship between Apple and Twitter and the social network’s presence in the App Store, Cook replied that “they say they will continue to moderate [contenidos]So I’m counting on them to do that because I don’t think anyone really wants hate speech on their platform.”
This would be a wake-up call in the midst of the Twitter controversy. Beyond Musk talking about the company going bankrupt, or hundreds of employees quitting, the moderation issue and app stores it’s something we may hear about soon and a lot. That Phil Schiller, head of the world’s largest app store, is deleting the account is clearly something to consider.
