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This app censors your phone in a stunning new way — and people are using it on purpose

theblaze.com · 3h · first reportShare

The battle for censorship online has been raging on social media for more than a decade. Netizens have clamored for unfettered free speech, while their detractors say that some things are better left not said. Somewhere in the middle, though, exists a new app that is going viral for one line: "Jesus is watching you!" 'Half of the songs nowadays have no clean version.' A post seen by more than 1 million people on X alluded to a Big Brother-style app that monitors the listening habits of music lovers. However, one chat with the app's founder is likely to put that idea to bed. The app is called Verso, and while on its face it is indeed an app designed to help censor music, the application's stated intent is to fill in the gap of parental control settings on streaming services by acting as an intentional filter between the service and the listener. Citing that around 92% of today's top streaming songs are explicit, Verso says it wants to put parents and families in control of what they hea