Evangelical Christians Launch ‘Sin-free Facebook’ Where Sexy Snaps And Swearing Are Banned

A sin-free alternative to Facebook called FaceGloria has launched in Brazil and racy snaps and bad language are off limits.

As well as any erotic content, depictions of violence are also prohibited, along with a list of 600 forbidden words.

More controversially, the site bans any sort of reference to gay relationships - the polar opposite of Facebook’s famously inclusive policies.

Rather than ‘liking’ posts and updates as on Facebook, users are prompted to click the ‘Amen’ button to show their appreciation.

So far, more than 100,000 have signed up to the social network, meaning that it still has some way to go to catch up with its rival Facebook, which has more than 1billion monthly active users.

FaceGloria is currently only available in Portuguese though other languages are set to be added, along with with a mobile app.

“On Facebook you see a lot of violence and pornography. That’s why we thought of creating a network where we could talk about God, love and to spread His word,” web designer Atilla Barros told AFP.

The social network was created by Barros and three co-founders in Ferraz de Vasconcelos, near Sao Paulo.

Acir dos Santos, the mayor of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, who has invested £10,000 in the startup, has high hopes for the network, saying:

“Our network is global. We have bought the Faceglory domain in English and in all possible languages. We want to take on Facebook and Twitter here and everywhere”.

Brazil is a highly religious country, with the world’s largest Roman Catholic population though the number is slowly dropping while the number of evangelical Christians is on the rise.

(Image credit: FaceGloria)