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Apple Rewrote Its App Review Guidelines Twice in 2026: What Actually Changed
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Apple Rewrote Its App Review Guidelines Twice in 2026: What Actually Changed

Mike Peterson · Posted 25 minutes ago

Apple revised its App Review Guidelines twice in 2026, on February 6 and again on June 8, and one of the changes now lets Apple remove long-standing apps from the store simply for not attracting customers. Both updates are posted on Apple’s developer news page in Apple’s own wording, without a redline showing the previous…

Apple Disclosed 2,045 Government App Takedowns, and Russia Accounts for More Than Half
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Apple Disclosed 2,045 Government App Takedowns, and Russia Accounts for More Than Half

Mike Peterson · Posted 29 minutes ago

Apple’s own App Store Transparency Report lists 2,045 apps removed worldwide at the request of governments, with Russia responsible for more than half of that total on its own. The figures come from Apple’s legal site, not from a leak or a rival’s estimate, and Apple frames every removal as limited to the country whose…

ICEBlock’s October App Store Removal: Apple’s Statement, and the Lawsuit That Followed
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ICEBlock's October App Store Removal: Apple's Statement, and the Lawsuit That Followed

Mike Peterson · Posted 33 minutes ago

Apple removed ICEBlock, an app that let users report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from the App Store in early October 2025, and said at the time it had acted on information from law enforcement about safety risks. The app’s developer sued several federal officials two months later, and that lawsuit is…

Telegram’s App Store Removal Lasted About 40 Minutes, and Apple Explained Why
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Telegram's App Store Removal Lasted About 40 Minutes, and Apple Explained Why

Mike Peterson · Posted 37 minutes ago

Apple removed Telegram from the App Store for about 40 minutes on the night of Monday, August 3, 2026, after a review found content that violated its rules against child sexual abuse material, then restored the app once Telegram removed the content and banned the account that posted it. Apple confirmed both the removal and…

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