Je Suis CHARLIE App Gets Approved Within an Hour of Contacting Tim Cook

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Posted January 12, 2015 at 10:29pm by Shalom Levytam

Two developers in southern France wanted to create an 'I Am Charlie' app to let people show their support for free speech and freedom of expression following the January 7th, 2015 massacre in Paris, France. Twelve people were killed at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo leading many to take up the 'Je suis CHARLIE' expression as a rallying cry.

However, as many developers know, it can take a long time (around 10 days) to get a new app approved for the App Store. So they wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

While it usually takes more than 10 days to validate an application on the App Store, they wrote directly to Tim Cook Friday night to inform him of the idea. In the ten minutes, they had an answer from one of his assistants who gave them the go to validate within an hour of the application, to one condition; be associated to a press publication of a certain value. That will be "Nice Matin", obligation of proximity.

The app lets you mark your location on an map in support of the campaign. Here is the description in French.

Description:
Parce que "Je suis CHARLIE" est devenu le symbole de la liberté d'expression, quelles que soient vos croyances, votre pays et vos opinions, téléchargez l'app "Je suis CHARLIE" et marquez simplement votre position sur la mappemonde.

Nous allons montrer que nous sommes tous unis et solidaires à travers le monde entier.

"Nous sommes tous CHARLIE"

You can download Je suis CHARLIE ! from the App Store for free.

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Je Suis CHARLIE App Gets Approved Within an Hour of Contacting Tim Cook

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The Boggyman - January 13, 2015 at 11:50pm

So terrorists knows where is your location... Terrible mistake!

Jacob - January 13, 2015 at 7:37pm

1.That's a lot of people, 2.Terrorist don't need specific targets, anybody will do. 3. I highly doubt anybody will stand there all day and night.

Yeaaaaaa.... - January 13, 2015 at 5:03am

Oh, an app that was approved prior to reviewing the code for anything malicious, that tells potential extremists where I'm at...sounds fantastic.

Butterspider - January 13, 2015 at 12:22am

This seems like a bad idea. Maybe just region totals would be better.

Basswow - January 12, 2015 at 10:54pm

Good idea...now they can even find a you and get you when you're all alone. Is there at least an emergency button included?

Femi - January 12, 2015 at 10:38pm

Good