Editing algorithms are a godsend for platforms that have too much content to peruse. On the other hand, the lack of human participation in the process can sometimes lead to absolutely unfair decisions, but all the same. pretty funnys. This is the case of this video player for Android, which Google has withdrawn for an unusual reason.
Couldn’t the developers target Android 10 for their apps? No. The error is due to the list of subtitle formats supported by the player in question, Just (Video) Player included in the description. Among them we find especially the format. .ass, or “buttocks” in English. An inexcusable mistake for the Google bot defining the term as sexual content policy violation.
They write .ass format, Google thinks hips
The developers received an email from the Mountain View firm that their app was approved. Removed from Play Store. The letter also identifies the specific part of the description causing the problem and confirms that it was indeed the phrase “ASS” that triggered the procedure. On the other hand, we don’t really know what prompted the algorithm to report this content, the text not recently changed.
Fortunately, the developers quickly contacted Google to inform them. do not misunderstand. The application was like this back online only hours after its suspension. It is interesting that Mountain View also mentions the .ass format in the description of its own media player, ExoPlayer.
Source : github
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