Photo Gallery Bild's Strip-Tease Problem
Germany's leading tabloid Bild created an iPhone app that allows users to "undress" the girl of the day by merely shaking their phone. Apple, however, didn't take kindly to the idea and pressured the paper to make the program less risqué.
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The app comes with a warning to those interested in downloading the app. The text warns users that the "product contains material which may not be suitable for children under 17 years of age."
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Bild was hoping that its app, which has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, would become an important revenue stream. Now the paper's publisher, Springer Verlag, is accusing Apple of censorship.
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It isn't the first time that a German publication has run afoul of Apple's sensibilities. The newsmagazine Stern was suddenly banned from the iPhone after it published a photo gallery of erotic images.
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