Topic: Man sues Apple claiming iPhone turned him gay
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #92,271
A Russian man has launched a lawsuit against Apple, claiming an iPhone app turned him gay. He says this comes after an incident involving GayCoin crypto-currency. Saying he suffered moral harm, he is asking for one million rubles (£12,000), according to a copy of the complaint seen by the news agency, AFP.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay prejudice is still widespread. In 2013, Russia passed legislation banning the spreading of what it described as gay propaganda. This officially bans the "promotion of non-traditional lifestyles to minors" but in effect outlaws LGBT activism. A number of campaigners have been attacked and killed in the past year.
So what's happened?
In a suit filed on 20 September, it is claimed a crypto-currency called "GayCoin" was delivered via a smartphone app, rather than the Bitcoin he had ordered. Crypto-currency is basically virtual money - like an online version of cash - and Bitcoin and GayCoin are some of those currencies. According to the complaint, the GayCoin crypto-currency arrived with a note saying: "Don't judge until you try".
"I thought, in truth, how can I judge something without trying? I decided to try same-sex relationships," the complainant wrote. "Now I have a boyfriend and I do not know how to explain this to my parents." He adds that his "life has been changed for the worse" and he "will never become normal again". Apple "pushed" him "towards homosexuality through manipulation", he claims.
"The changes have caused me moral and mental harm."
Sapizhat Gusnieva says the company "has a responsibility for their programmes" despite the alleged exchange taking place on a third-party app. The court will hear the complaint on 17 October, according to information on its website.
Apple has not yet responded to Newsbeat's request for comment.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay prejudice is still widespread. In 2013, Russia passed legislation banning the spreading of what it described as gay propaganda. This officially bans the "promotion of non-traditional lifestyles to minors" but in effect outlaws LGBT activism. A number of campaigners have been attacked and killed in the past year.
So what's happened?
In a suit filed on 20 September, it is claimed a crypto-currency called "GayCoin" was delivered via a smartphone app, rather than the Bitcoin he had ordered. Crypto-currency is basically virtual money - like an online version of cash - and Bitcoin and GayCoin are some of those currencies. According to the complaint, the GayCoin crypto-currency arrived with a note saying: "Don't judge until you try".
"I thought, in truth, how can I judge something without trying? I decided to try same-sex relationships," the complainant wrote. "Now I have a boyfriend and I do not know how to explain this to my parents." He adds that his "life has been changed for the worse" and he "will never become normal again". Apple "pushed" him "towards homosexuality through manipulation", he claims.
"The changes have caused me moral and mental harm."
Sapizhat Gusnieva says the company "has a responsibility for their programmes" despite the alleged exchange taking place on a third-party app. The court will hear the complaint on 17 October, according to information on its website.
Apple has not yet responded to Newsbeat's request for comment.
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jodi !ariasXXmaE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #1,047,520
> According to the complaint, the GayCoin crypto-currency arrived with a note saying: "Don't judge until you try".
> "I thought, in truth, how can I judge something without trying? I decided to try same-sex relationships," the complainant wrote.
> "Now I have a boyfriend and I do not know how to explain this to my parents."
lol
> "I thought, in truth, how can I judge something without trying? I decided to try same-sex relationships," the complainant wrote.
> "Now I have a boyfriend and I do not know how to explain this to my parents."
lol
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nvm you fixed the gay spacing! ??
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Funny just funny.
If it's Iphone with that crappy Intel CPU instead of quality Qualcomm, No way wood a Qualcomm chip turn anyone Gay.
Intel now OUT of CPU for Mobile Phones or ANY Parts for Mobile Phones -
No question that Faggot Russkie is going to fail with that silly lawsuit
If it's Iphone with that crappy Intel CPU instead of quality Qualcomm, No way wood a Qualcomm chip turn anyone Gay.
Intel now OUT of CPU for Mobile Phones or ANY Parts for Mobile Phones -
No question that Faggot Russkie is going to fail with that silly lawsuit
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I've always said that the hardest part of buying an iphone is telling your parents that you're gay.
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Moscow: A Russian man who filed a lawsuit against Apple after claiming an iPhone app turned him gay has withdrawn his complaint due to privacy fears, his lawyer said Thursday.
"Today we abandoned the legal demands," his attorney Sapizhat Gusnieva said after a first hearing behind closed doors in a Moscow court.
Her client, identified in the lawsuit as DE Razumilov, "no longer wants to continue with the case," she told reporters at the court.
Gusnieva said Razumilov faced pressure online after "haters found his information" and "Apple supporters began to write to him".
He decided not to go forward because he would have needed to attend forthcoming hearings.
In the original complaint, Razumilov claimed to have been turned gay after he ordered Bitcoins through an iPhone app but received a different currency called "GayCoin" with the note: "Don't judge until you try."
He subsequently broke up with his girlfriend and began a relationship with a man which made him ashamed, Gusnieva said.
He had been initially seeking 1 million rubles (USD 15,560) in damages from Apple.
An Apple representative at Thursday's hearing did not make any comments to the media.
Homophobia is widespread in Russia where reports of rights violations and attacks on LGBT people are common, though there are gay scenes in major cities.
Moscow in 2013 introduced a law against "gay propaganda", which officially bans the "promotion of non-traditional lifestyles to minors" but in effect outlaws LGBT activism.
"Today we abandoned the legal demands," his attorney Sapizhat Gusnieva said after a first hearing behind closed doors in a Moscow court.
Her client, identified in the lawsuit as DE Razumilov, "no longer wants to continue with the case," she told reporters at the court.
Gusnieva said Razumilov faced pressure online after "haters found his information" and "Apple supporters began to write to him".
He decided not to go forward because he would have needed to attend forthcoming hearings.
In the original complaint, Razumilov claimed to have been turned gay after he ordered Bitcoins through an iPhone app but received a different currency called "GayCoin" with the note: "Don't judge until you try."
He subsequently broke up with his girlfriend and began a relationship with a man which made him ashamed, Gusnieva said.
He had been initially seeking 1 million rubles (USD 15,560) in damages from Apple.
An Apple representative at Thursday's hearing did not make any comments to the media.
Homophobia is widespread in Russia where reports of rights violations and attacks on LGBT people are common, though there are gay scenes in major cities.
Moscow in 2013 introduced a law against "gay propaganda", which officially bans the "promotion of non-traditional lifestyles to minors" but in effect outlaws LGBT activism.