Apple cracks down on apps that fight iPhone addiction. That’s not the Onion. That’s not Saturday Night Live. That’s an actual headline from the New York Times, the Gray Lady, the paper of record. The Times could also, easily, have used a different headline: Apple finally removes child-targeting spyware from the App Store. I don’t know if it would have baited any fewer clicks, but I do know the Times just shouldn’t be in that business either way. It should, not to get all Aaron Sorkin for a moment, be the business of informing its readers, of speaking truth to stupid. Now, I hate the term fake news. I hate it. It’s a political construct and not an informational one. What this is… is just lazy, sensationalism, and the best and only way to deal with it isn’t to label it or dismiss it, because that’s just as lazy and actually irresponsible, but to fact check it, to hold it up to scrutiny and see how well it holds up. SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction - The New York Times Phil Schiller Lays Out Apple's Case for Cracking Down on Screen Time Monitoring Apps - MacRumors The facts about parental control apps - Apple Why Apple is in Also on Elizabeth Warren's Big Tech Break Up List (Feat. Nilay Patel) - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube