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Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store (en.royanews.tv)
submitted 1 day 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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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Clickbait? The developer is Palestinian/Australian, the app’s audience is global, and it’s not just Palestine-specific. So what’s up with the sensationalised title?

[–] bossito@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

If anything the app is Australian, Australian made, the developers are in Australia.. this is clickbait

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's an app developed by a Palestinian which got popular because of recent increasing censorship on TikTok and Instagram against Palestine.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I’m aware. But it’s not just Palestine being censored, it’s currently anything the current U.S administration doesn’t like. So anything anti-trump/Zionist/Israel/ICE falls into this category.

I’m saying the title is misleading because it could be construed as “a social media app/platform specifically made for Palestinians”, which is what most people that haven’t heard of the app before would assume by reading the title alone.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

That's true but most of the hammer is coming down on Palestine content right now. Netanyahu publicly said the goal of the TikTok purchase was to censor for Israel and they're pulling out all the stops. ICE content isn't nearly as censored as Palestine content atm

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Palestine is just one topic the US is bashing down. The common theme out there us US censorship and control.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The most common theme of censorship worldwide is most certainly Palestine.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 hours ago

Yes its all about you