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Friday, 24 October 2008
A software error has caused a variety of song titles in the UK iTunes store to be mistakenly censored, according to the BBC News. The glitch has flagged the word "hot" as offensive, leading to incorrectly displayed names such as "H*t H*t Heat." Store entries are routinely scanned for profanity and edited as needed. An Apple spokesman claimed the censorship was not intentional, rather a "database ...
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