Building a safer Google Play for kids [android-developers.googleblog.com]
Subscribe to read | Financial Times [www.ft.com]
Google bans marijuana delivery companies from selling weed directly through their apps [www.theverge.com]
Sex, loot boxes, and hate speech: Google tightening up Play Store policies all over [www.androidpolice.com]
Following FTC complaint, Google rolls out new policies around kids’ apps on Google Play [techcrunch.com]
Google targets marijuana apps with policy change [www.androidauthority.com]
Google Play apps must now specify 'target age range' [9to5google.com]
Google asks Android developers to categorize apps based on content and target age [venturebeat.com]
[Update: Google statement] No chill: Google just banned marijuana delivery apps from the Play Store [www.androidpolice.com]
Keeping kids safe is a priority for us, so we’re evolving our policies to provide additional protections for them. All developers need to indicate if children are part of your target audience, and if so, comply with our new Families policy.
— Google Play Apps & Games (@GooglePlayDev) May 29, 2019
Learn more ↓ https://t.co/HScpJUjfi3
Keeping kids safe is a priority for us, so we’re evolving our policies to provide additional protections for them. All developers need to indicate if children are part of your target audience, and if so, comply with our new Families policy.
— Google Play Apps & Games (@GooglePlayDev) May 29, 2019
Learn more ↓ https://t.co/HScpJUjfi3
Today @GooglePlayDev announces new policies to provide additional protections for children and families, ensuring that apps have appropriate content, show suitable ads & handle personally identifiable information correctly. Great work! #ConnectedFamilies https://t.co/dFq2nu3xwt
— Family Online Safety Institute (@FOSI) May 29, 2019
Google bans apps used to help buy marijuana https://t.co/3zTctgQVis
— Financial Times (@FT) May 29, 2019
Google bans marijuana delivery companies from selling weed directly through their apps https://t.co/JiXmQlZX7x pic.twitter.com/A8lp8UA5BK
— The Verge (@verge) May 29, 2019
Following FTC complaint, Google rolls out new policies around kids’ apps on Google Play: https://t.co/IrT89iAY4A
— Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa) May 29, 2019
News @Techmeme - Google just banned marijuana delivery apps from the Play Store https://t.co/0ueQrmf3Ij
— David Ruddock (@RDRv3) May 29, 2019