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Apple blocks the Gay Pride watch face in Russia
techspot ^

Posted on 09/01/2018 4:07:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin

People have been wondering for some time why they couldn't access the rainbow watch face in Russia, and now iOS developer Guilherme Rambo has revealed why on Twitter: "The Apple Watch pride face is hard coded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian Locale."

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It's very likely this is a result of Russia's 2013 'gay propaganda' law - a law which has seen all LGBTQ parades, art, speech and general support completely prohibited in the country in the name of protecting young generations from 'propaganda regarding sexual relations'. This particular law violates human rights regarding freedom of speech and expression and while the European Court of Human Rights ruled that it encourages discrimination, prejudice and homophobia, little has been done on an international fro

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; apple; europeanunion; gay4putin; globalwarminghoax; guilhermerambo; homosexualagenda; lgbt; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; nato; russia; twitter

1 posted on 09/01/2018 4:07:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

How dare Russia not allow promotion of homosexuality!

/s


2 posted on 09/01/2018 4:11:10 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

Wow,,,,can we get it blocked here too?


3 posted on 09/01/2018 4:11:30 PM PDT by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: BenLurkin

Watch the NYTimes go bats%##t crazy (even more than before).


4 posted on 09/01/2018 4:14:46 PM PDT by Hartmann
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To: PGR88

I think China would do about the same thing, but I don’t think the press wants to tell us about the situation in China though...


5 posted on 09/01/2018 4:21:47 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: BenLurkin
The world turned upside down.

Who would have guessed when Ronald Reagan was President, that in a few years Russia would be the bastion of Christianity and protector of traditional Western values?

Solzhenitsyn saw this coming, and warned us.
 

6 posted on 09/01/2018 4:24:14 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
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To: Morpheus2009

China absolutely would do the same thing - both because they are concerned about “public morality” but mostly because China allows no one to organize social or political parades or public events. NO ONE gathers in groups China without the CCP giving tacit or explicit approval.


7 posted on 09/01/2018 4:25:28 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
The world turned upside down.

Its amazing isn't it? I believe that a more forceful, moral and visionary US leader at the collapse of the Soviet Union (instead of the CIA stooge George Bush) would have led us towards a very different kind of relations with Russia after 1991.

8 posted on 09/01/2018 4:27:35 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88; Governor Dinwiddie

Good Grief !
What’s a Leftist to do ?!


9 posted on 09/01/2018 4:45:43 PM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Avenue.)
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To: A strike

Did Trump collaborate with muslim countries to throw gay pride app users off the top of their countries “Trump T0wer”?


10 posted on 09/01/2018 4:52:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

” Did Trump collaborate with music countries to throw gay pride app users off of their countries “Trump Tower”?


Well, I don’t know, but in Muslim John Brennan’s view , it’s not unlikely.

Oops, except that he would probably not think that a bad thing, and therefore not be willing to credit President Trump for it among his homies.


11 posted on 09/01/2018 5:19:56 PM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Avenue.)
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To: BenLurkin
Russia's 2013 'gay propaganda' law - a law which has seen all LGBTQ parades, art, speech and general support completely prohibited in the country

And why leftists have made a 180° turn from loving Russia to hating it.

12 posted on 09/01/2018 5:30:54 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (no mntion whast)
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To: BenLurkin

Apple isn’t really pro gay, they are just pro profit. They might be sorta pro gay, but more pro profit.


13 posted on 09/01/2018 5:46:00 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
The EU will use this as a pretext to ban Apple products.

14 posted on 09/01/2018 7:31:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: doorgunner69

Wonder when they will turn anti-China, not only does China treat homosexuality as a mental illness, they are also working at getting Muslims to leave Islam in forceful ways.


15 posted on 09/02/2018 10:42:04 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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