Apple Tweaked App Store Ranking Algorithms, Allegedly Resulted in Demotion of Local Apps in China
Date: 2011-04-18
Affected: Apple
Attack vector: other
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #270: Apple Tweaked App Store Ranking Algorithms, Allegedly Resulted in Demotion of Local Apps in China. Alleged deployer/developer: Apple. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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