Balanced News: Apple takes down anonymous social media app Damus from China App Store

Apple has removed a social media app linked to Jack Dorsey’s Nostr social media platform, which relies on a decentralized network of users exchanging encrypted information to evade control or censorship by governments or private companies. The app was likely removed because it lacked content moderation, and had already been rejected multiple times because Apple requires apps to have a mechanism for reporting and blocking objectionable users and content. Snowden is a fan of the app and believes that it has the potential to empower users to get around Chinese internet censorship.