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Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store (en.royanews.tv)
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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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[-] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 115 points 1 week ago

Reminder that Google is on it's third attempt to prevent or limit the installation of APKs outside of the Play Store, meaning they are near the point they can effectively control what apps people run.

[-] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

This was the real reason for me to ditch the whole Google

I may compromise privacy

but I'd die for FREEDOM

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Anyone who cares about freedom should install Graphene OS now.

[-] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

When this happens I'm flashing graphene os onto my pixel 9

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago

why wait

[-] not_IO 24 points 1 week ago

u should do that anyway, it's so nice to not feel watched while typing

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