alt Hacker NewsGoogle/Android don't want AI bots spamming marketplaces with dodgy apps.
Tie in the app to a verified identity/individual and it makes the audit process easier as well as engagement with authorities from the user's country if required (e.g. app facilitating child abuse).
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wiseowise • today at 6:16 AM
Of course it’s the apps that checks notes facilitate child abuse.
thayne • today at 3:19 AM
But they don't have a problem with using unreliable AI bots to audit apps and deal with support.
> e.g. app facilitating child abuse
I'm going to go on a limb and say that the amount of apps dedicated to facilitating child abuse is close to 0, and the popular apps from verified developers being used for child abuse is close to 100%.