French publishers ask Tim Cook to abandon forthcoming Web Eraser

Advertisers and publishers in France have jointly written to Tim Cook imploring Apple to not roll out the ability for Safari users to selectively erase portions of sites, such as ads.

Apple has not even announced the forthcoming Web Eraser — exclusively uncovered by AppleInsider — but the expectation that it will come soon has already galvanized UK publishers into asking Tim Cook for it to be abandoned. Now according to Business Insider, a group of French trade bodies are doing the same on behalf of their publishing and advertising industry

“Besides the extremely short notice period and the lack of detailed and verified information on this new feature,” says the letter, “it raises numerous questions, particularly concerning legal and editorial responsibilities that Apple has still not responded to.”

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