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Not so sweet: Google responds to 'sugar daddy' Play Store app ban

The new restriction is based on its existing policy regarding sexual content

By Ryne Hager Jul 29, 2021

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Google Statement

Today, Google published a handful of changes to its Play policies, and nestled among precise legalese refinements and some advertising ID tweaks is a bombshell for a certain type of dating crowd. Google's updated its inappropriate content policy to ban "compensated sexual relationships" — i.e., sugar daddy or sugar dating apps.

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