Google....So Much For The Slogan, "Don't Be Evil"

[Revoltingest]

Google under fire for 'pray away the gay' app in the Play Store
Excerpted....
Google has come under fire for featuring an app that encourages gay people to seek controversial conversion therapy in its online store.

The app, created by US Christian group Living Hope Ministries, advises young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers and adults to become heterosexual through prayer and therapy. The app also offers Bible study-style guidance.

 

[sun rise]

Oh, google joined the dark side a long time ago now. They were corrupted by filthy lucre.

 

[Revoltingest]

Oh, google joined the dark side a long time ago now. They were corrupted by filthy lucre.

They should give that lucre to me.
I know how to keep it from corrupting me.

 

[Orbit]

I could use some filthy lucre myself. Where do I sign up?

 

[Revoltingest]

I could use some filthy lucre myself. Where do I sign up?

Keep yer eyes peeled for this sign...

 

[Estro Felino]

Hillary should try it!

 

[sun rise]

Hillary should try it!

Donald claims to be covered neck-deep in it.

 

[Nakosis]

Google under fire for 'pray away the gay' app in the Play Store
Excerpted....
Google has come under fire for featuring an app that encourages gay people to seek controversial conversion therapy in its online store.

The app, created by US Christian group Living Hope Ministries, advises young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers and adults to become heterosexual through prayer and therapy. The app also offers Bible study-style guidance.

The app is still available as of January 11 —
I installed it today, and I’m looking at it right now. Here’s what it teaches:

Same-gender sex is ‘sordid’ and is caused by a disease like diabetes.
Same-sex attraction is a harmful addiction like drug addiction.
Men who have sex with men are behaving like dogs who have no control over instinctual sexual behavior.
Most men who experience same-sex attraction were sexually abused as children.
Lesbians experience same-sex attraction because they don’t trust men and because they allow themselves to be possessed and controlled by other women.
Same-sex attracted people need to be and can be healed from the bondage of sin, disease, and addiction.
Changing same-sex attraction requires pain and sacrifice.
One-on-one friendships are dangerous and unhealthy for same-sex attracted people, who should pursue group friendships instead of individual friendships.
Parents should tightly restrict their same-sex-attracted minor children’s social interactions and Internet access. Same-sex friendships should be discouraged or forbidden.
Parents should firmly direct their minor children into counseling programs that will cure them of same-sex attraction.
People attempting healing from homosexuality experience higher success rates than people attempting healing from alcoholism and drug addiction.
Pray Away the Gay? Try Google Play! – James Finn - The Blog – Medium

I was going to complain about interfering with capitalism but this seems misleading. Of course there are plenty of misleading ads on TV and radio.

 

[Mindmaster]

Google under fire for 'pray away the gay' app in the Play Store
Excerpted....
Google has come under fire for featuring an app that encourages gay people to seek controversial conversion therapy in its online store.

The app, created by US Christian group Living Hope Ministries, advises young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers and adults to become heterosexual through prayer and therapy. The app also offers Bible study-style guidance.

"Pray the gay away" just leads to a personal mental health crisis. I mean, if you're LGB and pretend to be straight you're just about as silly to me as a transgender. You're pretending to be something you're not, because, reasons... lol

Besides, if you are LGB please explain where you made that choice, because odds are you didn't. Thus, it's God's fault, and he can suck it.

 

[Sanzbir]

Google under fire for 'pray away the gay' app in the Play Store
Excerpted....
Google has come under fire for featuring an app that encourages gay people to seek controversial conversion therapy in its online store.

The app, created by US Christian group Living Hope Ministries, advises young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers and adults to become heterosexual through prayer and therapy. The app also offers Bible study-style guidance.

Interesting how I'm seeing more outrage over and knowledge of this event rather than over what they did last year, when they let a conversion therapy organization use Google's algorithm to send targeted ads to gay people on YouTube.

If you ask me, last year's event was far more deserving of critical scrutiny.

 

[Revoltingest]

"Pray the gay away" just leads to a personal mental health crisis. I mean, if you're LGB and pretend to be straight you're just about as silly to me as a transgender. You're pretending to be something you're not, because, reasons... lol

Besides, if you are LGB please explain where you made that choice, because odds are you didn't. Thus, it's God's fault, and he can suck it.

So you don't think transgender is a real thing?

 

[Revoltingest]

Interesting how I'm seeing more outrage over and knowledge of this event rather than over what they did last year, when they let a conversion therapy organization use Google's algorithm to send targeted ads to gay people on YouTube.

If you ask me, last year's event was far more deserving of critical scrutiny.

Some things I notice in the news,
& some things I don't.

 

[TheresOnlyNow]

Google under fire for 'pray away the gay' app in the Play Store
Excerpted....
Google has come under fire for featuring an app that encourages gay people to seek controversial conversion therapy in its online store.

The app, created by US Christian group Living Hope Ministries, advises young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers and adults to become heterosexual through prayer and therapy. The app also offers Bible study-style guidance.

If you're very very quiet you can hear the radical anti-Christian group GLAAD combust.

I'm actually amazed Google would do this. Conversion therapy is absurd. However, I thought Google was way too liberal , especially as they're keen on censorship of anything conservative, to allow this.

I wonder how long till they cave to the pressure to remove it and make a public apology.

 

[LuisDantas]

They should give that lucre to me.
I know how to keep it from corrupting me.

At least until the next Presidential election...

 

[Mindmaster]

So you don't think transgender is a real thing?

I think it's a scam.

How much does lifetime hormone therapy cost?

How much are boob jobs, cosmetic surgery, and sex change operations?

How much money is made on anti-depressants, anxiety medication, and therapy?

I think the medical profession is just profiteering on people whom are vulnerable and need help. If you hate yourself for any reason, something is wrong mentally, and the focus should be on that not selling people boobs and injections.

I don't hate people that suffer from it, but it's like anything... If I come out and tell you that tomorrow I am The Grand Architect, it doesn't make it so. We don't help sick people by entertaining their delusions, but we become evil when we play a long just because we can make some money on it. We also become evil when we play along to feel good about ourselves, at the expense of someone else's mental health.

 

[Brickjectivity]

The app is wrong and misguided, but don't censor it. Google is hardly being evil by letting people express their opinions. Its just an app, one of millions.

 

[Mindmaster]

The app is wrong and misguided, but don't censor it. Google is hardly being evil by letting people express their opinions. Its just an app, one of millions.

In most cases, I'd agree with you. But, in this case this type of conversion therapy has proven to cause more problems in the persons life than it solves. Whether it's at the hands of licensed psychiatrists or religious organizations that are even less qualified, all it's ever done is driven people to drugs, infidelity, and suicide. This app should have no home...

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I wonder how long till they cave to the pressure to remove it and make a public apology.

They should remove and apologize because this "therapy" is damaging and destructive. No socially responsible company (or individual) should allow for such easy access to such a dangerous program. There is a reason the APA has denounced and condemned the practice of "conversion 'therapy.'"

I think it's a scam.

Doesn't matter what you think. Science and medicine do not agree with you.
And, BTW, treatment for my knees cost way more than trans-related services. IBS is also a financial mountain to climb in order to diagnose the disorder. And the cost of being hospitalized and admitted into crisis care units and PHP and IOP would be staggering if I were still in denial about myself and miserably depressed and yearning for death.

We don't help sick people by entertaining their delusions

If delusions are being played we can expect ADL functioning and quality of life to plummet, as would be the case if we let someone with schizophrenia believe the voices are real. However, with transitioning what we find is transgender people function better and have improvements to mental health.
Try researching this--yet you haven't yet so I doubt you ever will--before spewing garbage.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Google went "evil" awhile ago. Though I do find it surprising this app was up for any amount of time once it was brought to the company's attention.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I'm inclined to give them a little slack. We've had threads which were definitely in need of taking down but we as staff still had to follow our own guidelines for removing it, and that takes time and votes. Meanwhile, threads which were ultimately deleted even got featured, because featuring is a product of algorithms, not staff picks. Like the article said, hopefully this is a matter of getting through red tape, not a matter of a policy decision.