Apple censors LGBTQ+ apps. Cancel Apple?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by WeToddDid2, Jun 17, 2021.

  1. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    Let see if the woke culture hypocrites throw away all of their Apple products.

    https://www.protocol.com/china/china-app-store-lgbtq-censorship

    Apple China is censoring 27 LGBTQ+ apps, report shows

    Apple's App Store in China has removed 27 LGBTQ+-related apps, either to meet the demand of the Chinese government or in a preemptive manner, a new report shows.

    Research by the U.S.-based Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, and China-based GreatFire, a nonprofit organization that tracks censorship in China, shows that only Saudi Arabia has more LGBTQ+ apps unavailable in their App Store.

    According to the two groups' jointly-published report on Monday, the App Store enables government censorship of LGBTQ+ apps in 152 countries, in stark contrast to Apple's pro-LGBTQ+ efforts in the U.S.
     
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  2. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    China censors LGBTQ+ apps would be a more appropriate title but of course you knew that.
     
  3. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    Why don't you go and tell this LGBTQ+ advocacy group that?

    https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2021-06-14-apple-is-enabling-censorship-of-lgbtq-apps-in-152/

    Apple is enabling censorship of LGBTQ+ apps in 152 countries, new report finds

    As LGBTQ+ people around the world celebrate Pride Month, new report from Fight for the Future and GreatFire shows how Apple’s App Store monopoly enables government crackdowns on LGBTQ+ content

    To view the full results and methodology, click here.

    New findings from United States-based Fight for the Future and China-based GreatFire reveal that Apple has been enabling government censorship of LGBTQ+ content, most directly 1,377 documented cases of app access restrictions, in 152 App Stores around the world. Moreover, at least 50 LGBTQ+ apps, including the majority of the most popular ones, are currently unavailable in one or more App Stores. Most of the App Stores where the most number of apps are blocked, coincide with countries already low on the list for human rights for the queer community. Underscoring Apple’s role in enabling this censorship is cases such as Malaysia, whose government criminalizes homosexuality but where only 7 LGBTQ+ apps are removed from its App Store; or Niger and South Korea, whose governments have legalized homosexuality, but whose App Stores are within the top 10 with most unavailable LGBTQ+ apps.

    Other high level findings include:

    1. Saudi Arabia is the App Store with most LGBTQ+ related apps unavailable (28 apps) followed by China (27).
    2. 6 out of the top 10 App Stores with censored LGBTQ+ content are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    3. Among the top 20 LGBTQ+ Apps (as identified in the U.S. App Store), 13 are unavailable in one or more countries, including the top 3: Grindr, Taimi and OkCupid. The majority of these most popular apps are unavailable in more than 20 countries.
    4. The least available LGBTQ+ apps, globally, are:
    • weBelong – Find Your Community (unavailable in 144 App Stores)
    • Hinge: Dating & Relationships (unavailable in 135 App Stores)
    • Qutie - LGBT Dating (unavailable in 115 App Stores)
    • Adam4Adam Gay Dating Chat A4A (unavailable in 80 App Stores)
    • Trans - Transgender Dating (unavailable in 77 App Stores)
     
  4. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    Pretty sure they already know.If they dont they are dumb asses like like dumb conservatives who think Apple has the power to overrule governments.
     
  5. Ricter

    Ricter

    We'll audit them. Looking for bamboo. Or a space laser.

    Next.