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Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)

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Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme

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[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the app was banned due to it being a scam (which is not the case)

The term "scam" is a straw man. "Scam" is subjective, so you could define a scam as "an app that provides no content and steals your money" and conclude that the app in question is not that, and therefore fine.

The main assertion in the article is:

the app deliberately targets young men and encourages misogyny, including members of the app sharing techniques on how to control and exploit women. The firm has also claimed that there is evidence to suggest that the app is an illegal pyramid scheme

[+] thecam@lemmy.world -9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The main assertion in the article is:

It is a Guardian article. Not a trustworthy source, has a strong leftie bias and has been known to dox people in the past.

Therefore, why should I take the article accusations seriously?

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry I don't really understand your position.

You're rejecting the quotes from the article on the basis of the publication, suggesting a better accusation would be a "scam", and then refuting that accusation as baseless.

I'm not trying to be an ass, I mean this as kindly as possible, but this is a straw man argument. You should look into logical fallacies. They're well documented tactics for manipulating people and misrepresenting information. Everyone should. It will help you to reason about information and ultimately identify when you're being manipulated.