Fakespot removed from the App Store following Amazon takedown notice
(iMore iPhone)

What you need to know Apple has removed the Fakespot app from the App Store at Amazon`s request. A recent update to the app meant it was displaying Amazon in its own wrapper — a violation of App Store rules. There`s confusion over whether or not its developer was warned. Fakespot is an app used to help people spot when an Amazon review is fake, but a recent update has caused it to be removed from the App Store following Amazon complaints. As reported by The Verge, Fakespot was removed from the App Store after Amazon complained that it was displaying its website within a wrapper, something that Apple expressly forbids unless permission has been given. Amazon had not given any permission and in fact very much doesn`t want Fakespot to do what it was doing — so Apple pulled the app. Now, questions remain about the process rather than the outcome. After Fakespot founder Saoud Khalifah initially told The Verge that Apple wasn`t giving it the opportunity to fix things, nor warned...