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The ungoldly surveillance of anti-porn 'shameware' apps

19 mins | Sep 30, 2022
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This church has gone one step further than preaching by using invasive technology. In recent years, Southern Baptist church Gracepoint has used anti-pornography app Covenant Eyes to take matters of the heart out of God's hands and police "sinful" online activities. But, as Dhruv Mehrotra discovers, this software is seeing much more than congregants realise.

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