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Honeycombe8

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6. Social media pulling apps that are legal is going down a dangerous path.
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 10:02 AM
Mar 2019

I don't want Google or FB making a judgment call on whether to carry apps that are legal, not deemed legally "hate rhetoric," or the like.

Conversion therapy is offensive. But as long as its legal and not deemed harmful to people, I'm not sure Google should decide on its own not to carry it. It would take a legal decision deeming it harmful for Google to have reason not to carry it. Google could be sued for choosing not to carry it, even.

So while I would agree that no carrying this app would be a good thing, maybe Google would take down apps for other things that I would want, because of petitions by other groups.

I don't think it's a big deal, one way or the other. But if these social media giants start making decisions on what the public should have, that's a dangerous road to go down, because their footprint is so large. Google doesn't have much of a competitor.

Pull it! It's pseudoscience, it leads to the invalidation and suicide of LGBT people. It's torture! ck4829 Mar 2019 #1
What the hell, Google? yardwork Mar 2019 #2
The idea of this app doesn't bother me all that much ... at least if it's on your phone and you use mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #3
This is no different than allowing people to sell snake oil or other quack remedies dsc Mar 2019 #7
There's only so much dumb you can regulate against, no offense ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #10
This is wrong on so many levels. we can do it Mar 2019 #9
Probably. But I'd argue it's also right on a number of levels. YMMV, friend ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #11
Yes, it is different. we can do it Mar 2019 #14
Yet another WTF. I have lots of those! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2019 #4
I thought Google's operating motto was "Don't Be Evil". I guess I didn't realize bullwinkle428 Mar 2019 #5
Social media pulling apps that are legal is going down a dangerous path. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #6
...."not deemed harmful to people."???? What the exact fuck is wrong with you? we can do it Mar 2019 #8
WTF? SkyDaddy7 Mar 2019 #13
Thank you for your calm, high-level discourse on this topic. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #15
Have you bother to read anything on gay forced conversion? Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #17
That's not the point. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #18
WTF!?!? "...not deemed harmful to people" SkyDaddy7 Mar 2019 #12
I know about it. See my other post. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #16
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