Google pulls federated chat app Element from Play Store citing abusive content, despite it only being a client for Matrix servers (Corbin Davenport/Android Police)

Corbin Davenport / Android Police:
Google pulls federated chat app Element from Play Store citing abusive content, despite it only being a client for Matrix servers  —  Element is a popular client for the federated chat protocol Matrix, and we highlighted it in our roundup of the best open-source alternatives to Google Hangouts last year …



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