Google pulls federated chat app Element from the Play Store

The app was supposedly removed for abusive content

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 (back when it was called Riot.im). Unfortunately, the app has been pulled from the Google Play Store without warning, in what seems to be another instance of Google mistaking third-party client applications for hosting all viewable content.

Element announced yesterday on Twitter that its app was suspended in the Play Store, without any notification from Google.

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