{"id":4383,"date":"2011-09-14T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T21:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2011-09-14T16:31:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T21:31:40","slug":"sacrebleu-is-that-app-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/culture\/sacrebleu-is-that-app-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrebleu! Is That App Racist?"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>France: home of wine, art and strict anti-racial laws. Case in point, French group SOS Racisme<\/a> (hope you speak French for that link) is threatening to sue iPhone app developer Johann Levy over his app Juif ou pas Juif?<\/a><\/em> (a.k.a. Jew or not Jew?<\/em>) under laws enacted after the Holocaust that make it illegal to compile\u00a0personal details including race, sexuality, political leanings or religious affiliation. Levy now potentially faces a five year prison sentence and a fine of up to 300,000 euros.<\/p>\n The irony of course being that if SOS Racisme had checked their Juif ou pas Juif? app, they’d find out that Levy is Jewish. And it’s essentially an app that lets you guess if Dustin Hoffman is Jewish or not.<\/p>\n