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Inappropriate Content
Definition:
The application contains content other than advertisements that are disturbing to certain groups of people.
Subtypes
- Sexual Content [1]
- Violent Content [1]
Examples:
Against:
[…] sites, 4 Chan, and stuff that are notorious for
being the dark web almost where it’s 0 regulation
and all horrible content. You can see, literally people
being decapitated on that app, we can see people being
tortured. You can see everything horrible that you
think of, see people being raped, is terrible in those
apps.
Neutral:
In favor:
References
[1] Yagil Elias, Tom P. Humbert, Lauren Olson, Emitzá Guzmán. What is unethical about software? User perceptions in the Netherlands. Proceedings of ICSE-SEIS (2025). IEEE.
[2] Tjikhoeri, N., Olson, L. & Guzmán, E. The best ends by the best means: ethical concerns in app reviews. Empir Software Eng 29, 138 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-024-10463-7
[3] L. Olson, E. Guzmán and F. Kunneman, “Along the Margins: Marginalized Communities’ Ethical Concerns about Social Platforms,” 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (ICSE-SEIS), Melbourne, Australia, 2023, pp. 71-82, doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS58686.2023.00013.