Siri has been in trouble many times before. But there hasn’t been an explanation as to how it happened in the first place.” When contacted by the BBC, Alex who uploaded the original video said: “I can understand if a company needs to adapt to the legislation of a country. The episode will cause embarrassment to Apple whose own chief executive, Tim Cook, came out as gay in October 2014, calling his sexuality “one of the greatest gifts God has given me”. The idea that Apple was abiding by this law makes little sense, however, as iPhone and iPad owners are able to use the Russian Siri outside of Russian territory. The ruling seems to have become a blanket ban on providing information on homosexuality, or even mentioning its existence. It has also been mooted that Apple was trying to abide by Russia’s 2013 laws prohibiting “promotion” of homosexuality. Is she homophobic?- Andrii Mandryk April 13, 2015 Check russian speaking Siri reaction to everything gay.
