Google cancels gay ‘conversion’ app

Google has bowed to pressure to remove an app accused of promoting gay conversion therapy, months after Apple, Amazon and Microsoft took action.

The Living Hope Ministries app, made by a US Christian group, offered guides that claim to help “sexually broken guys” by building a “deeper relationship with God” through prayer. Campaigners urged the tech giant to follow other stores in removing the “dangerous” app from Google Play, with more than 140,000 people signing a petition.