Plastic surgery app for nine-year-olds sparks outrage on Twitter | Technology | theguardian.com: "How much would a " Mobile App " help you to get a plastic surgery, or a cosmetic makeover done.. ? . not much.. you would tend to .
However tech companies , including Apple and Google are facing severe backlash across social web, from social media users for promoting cartoon plastic surgery apps to children as young as nine. Messages on Twitter spoke of disgust over an iTunes game which shows a smiling cartoon character named Barbie about to go under the knife.
Users of the app are placed in the role of a liposuction doctor. The blurb for the app, created by Corina Rodriquez, reads: "This unfortunate girl has so much extra weight that no diet can help her.She will be going through liposuction surgery that will make her slim and beautiful.
These were certified as being suitable for children aged nine and over, the game, called Plastic Surgery & Plastic Doctor & Plastic Hospital Office for Barbie, was released in January 2013 and was free to download on Apple's iTunes store."
The app was deleted after a public outcry over "- A similar app on Google Play shows blonde-haired cartoon character Barbara lying in a hospital bed waiting for " her turn to help her turn slim and pretty as before with surgery marker lines over her body. "Plastic surgeon is going to make operation on her body and face in order to return cute Barbara's loo says the blurb developed by Natalya Staritsyna.
However tech companies , including Apple and Google are facing severe backlash across social web, from social media users for promoting cartoon plastic surgery apps to children as young as nine. Messages on Twitter spoke of disgust over an iTunes game which shows a smiling cartoon character named Barbie about to go under the knife.
Users of the app are placed in the role of a liposuction doctor. The blurb for the app, created by Corina Rodriquez, reads: "This unfortunate girl has so much extra weight that no diet can help her.She will be going through liposuction surgery that will make her slim and beautiful.
These were certified as being suitable for children aged nine and over, the game, called Plastic Surgery & Plastic Doctor & Plastic Hospital Office for Barbie, was released in January 2013 and was free to download on Apple's iTunes store."
The app was deleted after a public outcry over "- A similar app on Google Play shows blonde-haired cartoon character Barbara lying in a hospital bed waiting for " her turn to help her turn slim and pretty as before with surgery marker lines over her body. "Plastic surgeon is going to make operation on her body and face in order to return cute Barbara's loo says the blurb developed by Natalya Staritsyna.
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