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"Never say God" - Disney

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 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) What happens when tech takes over moral monitoring? Well, users of  disneychannel.com recently found out when a 10-year-old named Lily tried to use the word God in an online quiz asking kids, "What's your favorite thing about the holidays?" Lily had typed out a line that indicated she was thankful for God, family and church friends, but her post was blocked and she got a message saying "Please Be Nice!" Lily and her mother, Julie, told Fox & Friends that they could only post to the site afterGod was removed from their text. Julie wanted an answer from Disney "'cause I just don't want children to feel like there is something wrong or something that they should be ashamed of in sharing their faith with their peers." Disney responded, "Because so many people attempt to abuse the system and use the word 'God' in conjunction with profanity, in an abundance of caution, our system is forced to catc