Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft all banned the app, created by US Christian group, the Living Hope Ministries. Google has not followed suit.
"several major LGBTQ+ rights groups" have written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai to secure a meeting about the app, but have been unsuccessful. It follows Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft all banning the app.
Google declined to comment when contacted by Axios. The company did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel In a statement on its website, Living Hope Ministries describes itself as proclaiming"a Christ-centered, Biblical world-view of sexual expression rooted in one man and one woman in a committed, monogamous, heterosexual marriage for life." It adds that"anything less than this ideal, falls short of God's best for humanity."
Google's refusal to remove the Living Hope Ministries app sits uncomfortably with some of its recent actions and statements on LGBTQ+ issues., Google claims it has"embraced a refreshed and accelerated approach to diversity and inclusion", and in 2015, the tech giant publicly backed the Equality Act, a proposed bill which aims to protect LGBTQ+ people in the US from discrimination.another controversial app.
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