Apple has confirmed it pulled an odious "gay cure" iPhone app from the App Store because it broke the rules.
There was an angry outcry when the app - from US organisation Exodus International - appeared and campaigning group change.org organised a petition signed by more than 150,000 people.
The app claimed to "cure" homosexuality "through the power of Jesus Christ". Apple says:
“We removed the Exodus International app from the App Store because it violates our developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people.”The petition organisers noted that:
Apple “doesn’t allow racist or anti-Semitic apps in its App Store, yet it is giving the green light to an app targeting vulnerable LGBT youth with the message that their sexual orientation is a ‘sin’”.Follow IJSMblog on Twitter and Facebook
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