Posted on 05/13/2024 5:01:52 AM PDT by Morgana
Logos Bible Software continues to sell hundreds of erotic and pornographic books on its platform despite promising that such titles would be “rare” and that their “filters as well as our manual processes” would “prevent illicit titles from being added to our platform.”
Earlier this year, we broke the story that the preeminent Bible software company was selling thousands of erotic and pornographic books, failing to act on complaints when it was first brought to them.
1. Exclusive: ‘Logos Software’ Selling Hardcore Erotica Porn Alongside Devotionals and Bible Studies
2. ‘Sexual Magic for the Solo Witch,’ + A Timeline of Logos Bible Software’s Customer Service Inaction
3. Logos Bible Software Sells Books on ‘How to Write Erotica’ & Be A Porn Star+ A Timeline of Customer Service Inaction, P.2
4. Update: Logos Claims They’re Cleaning Up Their Erotic Books, But What Is Taking Them So Long?
5. Major Progress! Logos Issues New Statement About ‘The Great Pornographic Book Purge of 2024’
After a volley of public outcry and pressure (where the company lied, distorted, and engaged in revisionist history), Vice President of Content Products Matt Bennett shared an update on page six of a private message board where a couple dozen people would read it, assuring users that they would take care of it because “we know our existing workflow failed at keeping illicit titles off the Logos platform, so we’re rebuilding our process to better vet and filter content.”
He provided an update a month later, sharing the great strides they have taken:
We have checked, tested, and verified our filters as well as our manual processes are working properly from now on to prevent illicit titles from being added to our platform. We have also completed automated and manual reviews of questionable content that’s currently available on the platform, removing all the inappropriate books we’ve found. From here on, we are confident that our processes will correctly identify and remove content that doesn’t adhere to our Distribution Philosophy.
Thank you for your patience as we have worked to fix our content filtering and review processes. While we can’t guarantee another illicit title won’t end up on the Logos platform, we feel certain it will be rare.
Our team remains committed to regularly checking our filters and to reviewing and responding to each email that comes through titlereview@logos.com. Please keep sending us anything you come across.
Their confidence in their abilities is entirely misplaced, as we were able to identify hundreds of erotic and pornographic books on their platform in just a few short minutes, demonstrating their systems are still broken, that they are not taking this seriously enough, and that they have not learned their lesson from last time. A few of the titles we found within 5 minutes of searching:
While Logos has been reasonably quick to remove books once they are alerted and given a direct link to the offending sexual content, they have failed to go on the offense and proactively cull christ-hating content from their platform, despite insisting this type of content now being rare and having systems in place to stop it.
We reached out to Logos several times for comment but they have declined to respond.
Wayback machine links, showing timestamps of content at time of publication.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240513044804/https://general.ebooks.faithlife.com/product/321688/maisie-parrishs-naughty-cakes-over-25-ideas-for-saucy-character-cakes-cake-toppers-and-mini-cakes
https://web.archive.org/web/20240513052910/https://general.ebooks.faithlife.com/product/264873/the-book-of-the-penis
https://web.archive.org/web/20240512061718/https://general.ebooks.faithlife.com/product/325304/the-strippers-guide-to-looking-great-naked
https://web.archive.org/web/20240512031544/https://general.ebooks.faithlife.com/product/306816/the-scorpions-sweet-venom-the-diary-of-a-brazilian-call-girl
https://web.archive.org/web/20240513045141/https://general.ebooks.faithlife.com/product/318927/the-book-of-vice-very-naughty-things
https://web.archive.org/web/20240512031821/https://general.ebooks.faithlife.com/product/337032/naughty-spells-and-nice-spells-sexy-and-scandalous-simple-and-sweet
Yea those days seem to be gone but I wish we still had them.
Oh and PS...be warned before you click on the link. I know you all are not prudes but still that is just trashy. For shame Logos
How in the world did they allow this. Someone needs to lose a job.
We have one in a neighboring county.
In the city I grew up in we had one. It was ran by two Christian ladies since about the 1970’s. A few years ago one of the ladies died and it closed shop.
We used to have a bunch in our area too but inflation and high rent caused them to close. Now there is only one left and I wonder how long that one will last.
Nature finds a way. Somebody will find a way to access their porn from the Bible side.
I wish we still had them.
They do it’s all about location life in large cities is more of a wilderness than a city.
Wild critters all over the place
We had a local doctor that set up one near his practice on Main Street. I’m sure he never made any money on it. I remember buying at least one book there.
Many in my town went broke.
Logos is an incredible tool for studying scripture, theology and biblical and church history. I am disappointed these resources are available but I’m not gonna throw out the baby with the bath water.
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