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Android market flogging Nazi Apps

Android market flogging Nazi Apps

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When Engadget contributor Michael Gartenberg searched for the word 'Jewish' in the Android Market, the last thing he expected to see was a number of themes based on Nazi symbolism. It's bad enough that the Google-owned operation has allowed such reviled imagery a forum which is accessible to the general public, but the fact that such offensive propaganda results from a search using such an innocuous term really is enough to make your skin crawl. Not only was someone...



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