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Unless paired with educational or charitable information, we also don't allow content that capitalizes on controversial or tragic events or references sensitive health or medical conditions.
Gore, such as dismemberment, beheadings, mutilations, and exposed organs/bones/muscle
post, transmit or otherwise disseminate any content that...is unlawful, harmful, harassing, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, violent, demeaning, intimidating, discriminatory...
"Harmful concepts which capitalize or seek to profit on recent or current events, such as violent conflicts, terrorist attacks, and epidemics.Excerpt from Apple's App Store Review Guidelines
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The clause states: “Harmful concepts which capitalize or seek to profit on recent or current events, such as violent conflicts, terrorist attacks, and epidemics.”
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