Malaysian government's 'gay conversion' app pulled by Google Play
Source: The Guardian
Malaysian government’s ‘gay conversion’ app pulled by Google Play
App claimed that it could help LGBT+ people ‘return to nature’ but the tech company has now made it unavailable for downloads
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
Thu 17 Mar 2022 06.11 GMT
An app produced by the Malaysian government that promised to help the LGBTI community “return to nature” has been removed from the Google Play store, after it was found to be in breach of the platform’s guidelines.
The app was first released in July 2016, but attracted fresh attention after it was shared on Twitter by the Malaysian government’s Islamic development department. It claimed the app would enable LGBTI people to return to a state of nature or purity, and that it included an e-book detailing the experience of a gay man who “abandoned homosexual behaviour” during Ramadan.
When approached by the Guardian, Google said in a statement: “Whenever an app is flagged to us, we investigate against our Play store policies and if violations are found we take appropriate action to maintain a trusted experience for all.”
The app has since been removed from the Play store. Its guidelines do not allow apps “that attempt to deceive users or enable dishonest behavior including but not limited to apps which are determined to be functionally impossible.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/17/malaysian-governments-gay-conversion-app-pulled-by-google-play
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choosing a group to demonize. LGBT are way too easy a target.
Islam is only another version of the same idiot appeal:
"God said it, I beeeleeeve it, that seddles it" simpleton arrogance.
I once asked a belligerent anti-masker "evangelical" preacher in a caregiver/patient situation if he knew why surgeons wear masks?" "I dunno, but they don' do inny gooooood". 
No screenshots at link. I must admit a certain morbid curiosity about it. 