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INDONIA WANTS ALL GAY APPS BANNED THE COUNTRY, AND IT APPEARS GOOGLE WILL PLAY ALONG
It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said.
Google has partially acmodated this requt by removg one gay datg app — Cha’s Blued — om s Indonian Google Play store, but ’s unclear whether the global web technology pany will ply and block other LGBTQ apps Indonia. Gay social apps rema a val tool for helpg members of opprsed muni fd one another safely and virtually wh an unsafe, real-world environment. Blockg LGBTQ apps Indonia is jt the tip of the anti-gay iceberg.
Google’s removal of one of several LGBTQ apps Indonia happens at a time when the untry’s legislators are cidg whether to change s laws to crimalize same-sex sexual enunters, makg gay sex illegal wh a punishment of up to five years prison. As of now, Indonia don’t crimalize gay sex, and December 2017 the untry’s high urt refed to crimalize .