25 November 2010

Android Market to require content ratings on apps


A recent post by Google seems to indicate that the company will require application content ratings on all present and future applications listed in the Android Market.
“Please use our application ratings to help users determine whether your application and its content is appropriate for them,” reads the post. “This includes all the content in your app, including user generated content and ads, and content that your app links to.”
Applications can be rated all, pre-teen, teen, or mature and Google notes that “hate speech” is not permitted in the Android Market; Google is also mandating that applications that use location not be categorized for allusers. There are several other category pre-requisites. Hit the jump to have a look at all of them.

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